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Hastie, William Henry

Born November 17, 1904, in Knoxville, TN
Died April 14, 1976, in Philadelphia, PA

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Received a recess appointment from Harry S Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat authorized by 63 Stat. 493; nominated to the same position by Harry S Truman on January 5, 1950. Confirmed by the Senate on July 19, 1950, and received commission on July 22, 1950. Served as chief judge, 1968-1971. Assumed senior status on May 31, 1971. Service terminated on April 14, 1976, due to death.

Other Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, 1937-1939
Judge, Temporary Emergency Court of Appeals, 1972-1976

Education:
Amherst College, A.B., 1925
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1930
Harvard Law School, S.J.D., 1933

Professional Career:

Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1930-1933
Assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1933-1937
Dean, Howard University School of Law, 1939-1946
Civilian aide to the Secretary of War, 1940-1943
Governor, Virgin Islands, 1946-1949
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1968-1971

Other Nominations/Recess Appointments:

Nominated to U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, October 15, 1949; no Senate vote

Bibliography

McGuire, Phillip. He, Too, Spoke for Democracy: Judge Hastie, World War II, and the Black Soldier. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.

Ware, Gilbert. William Hastie: Grace Under Pressure. New York: Oxford University Press, 1984.

Manuscript Collections

Harvard University Law School
Cambridge, Mass.
William Henry Hastie papers, 1916-1976.
74 linear ft. (ca. 39,000 items); finding aid; collection includes correspondence, drafts, slip sheets of legal opinions, memoranda, reports, dockets, research material and notes, clippings, legal and legislative documents, and manuscripts of published and unpublished writings.

Howard University
Moorland Spingarn Research Center
Washington, D.C.
William Henry Hastie papers, 1949-1975.
30 ft.; collection contains selected opinions from the Office of Price Administration and the U.S. Emergency Court of Appeals; photographs; and miscellaneous news clippings relating to Hastie's achievements.

Oral History

Hastie, William Henry. "Henry H. Hastie Oral History." Interview conducted on January 5, 1972, by Jerry N. Hess. Harry S Truman Library, Independence, Missouri, 1972. Transcript, 107 pages.

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