United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (in case citation

Case citation

Case citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...

s, E.D. Pa.) is one of the original 13 federal judiciary districts created by the Judiciary Act of 1789

Judiciary Act of 1789

The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary...

. It originally sat in Independence Hall in Philadelphia as the United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania

The following are former United States district courts, which ceased to exist because they were subdivided into smaller units. With the exception of California, each of these courts initially covered an entire U.S. state, and was subdivided as the jurisdictions which they covered increased in...

, and is now located at the James Byrne Courthouse at 601 Market Street in Philadelphia.

The Court's jurisdiction includes Philadelphia, as well as Berks

Berks County, Pennsylvania

-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 373,638 people, 141,570 households, and 98,532 families residing in the county. The population density was 435 people per square mile . There were 150,222 housing units at an average density of 175 per square mile...

, Bucks

Bucks County, Pennsylvania

- Industry and commerce :The boroughs of Bristol and Morrisville were prominent industrial centers along the Northeast Corridor during World War II. Suburban development accelerated in Lower Bucks in the 1950s with the opening of Levittown, Pennsylvania, the second such "Levittown" designed by...

, Chester

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

, Delaware

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 558,979, making it Pennsylvania's fifth most populous county, behind Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery, and Bucks counties....

, Lancaster

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania

Lancaster County, known as the Garden Spot of America or Pennsylvania Dutch Country, is a county located in the southeastern part of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010 the population was 519,445. Lancaster County forms the Lancaster Metropolitan Statistical Area, the...

, Lehigh

Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

-Climate:Most of the county's climate is considered to fall in the humid continental climate zone. Summers are typically hot and muggy, fall and spring are generally mild, and winter is cold. Precipitation is almost uniformly distributed throughout the year....

, Montgomery

Montgomery County, Pennsylvania

Montgomery County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, in the United States. As of 2010, the population was 799,874, making it the third most populous county in Pennsylvania . The county seat is Norristown.The county was created on September 10, 1784, out of land originally part...

and Northampton counties

Northampton County, Pennsylvania

As of the 2010 census, the county was 86.3% White, 5.0% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 2.4% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 2.2% were two or more races, and 3.8% were some other race. 10.5% of the population were of Hispanic or Latino ancestry.As of the census of...

. The district is a part of the Third Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:* District of Delaware* District of New Jersey...

, and appeals are taken to that Circuit (except for patent

Patent

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claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act

Tucker Act

Through the Tucker Act , the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits....

, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

-Vacancies and pending nominations:-List of former judges:-Chief judges:Notwithstanding the foregoing, when the court was initially created, Congress had to resolve which chief judge of the predecessor courts would become the first chief judge...

).

Currently the Federal District Courts are undergoing some policy changes, which includes court fees associated with the filing and prosecution of a number of actions. According to the National Bulletin, Vol 60, Page 188 [12 August 2011] these changes are designed to 'eliminate undue litigation while promptly addressing issues brought forward for review by the general public,' and though the fees and costs were not specifically addressed, a potential litigant needs further inquiry prior to filing any type of legal claim.

The people in the district are represented by the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. There are Eastern District federal courtrooms in Philadelphia, Allentown

Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city, after Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and the 215th largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently...

, Reading

Reading, Pennsylvania

Reading is a city in southeastern Pennsylvania, USA, and seat of Berks County. Reading is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area and had a population of 88,082 as of the 2010 census, making it the fifth most populated city in the state after Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Allentown and Erie,...

, and Easton

Easton, Pennsylvania

Easton is a city in Northampton County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 26,800 as of the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Northampton County....

.

The current Chief Judge for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court is The Honorable Judge J. Curtis Joyner

J. Curtis Joyner

J. Curtis Joyner is a United States federal judge.Born in Newberry, South Carolina, Joyner received a B.S. from Central State University, Ohio in 1971 and a J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1974. He also attended the National Judicial College, University of Nevada at Reno. He was a...

. As of June 2011, the current nominee of President Barack Obama to serve as United States Marshal for the Eastern Pennsylvania District Court is David Blake Webb.

History

The United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania

United States District Court for the District of Pennsylvania

was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789

Judiciary Act of 1789

The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary...

, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. It was subdivided on April 20, 1818, by 3 Stat. 462, into the Eastern and Western

United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania sits in Pittsburgh, Erie, and Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It is composed of ten judges as authorized by federal law. The Honorable Judge Gary L. Lancaster is currently Chief Judge of the Western Pennsylvania District...

Districts to be headquartered in Philadelphia

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

and Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pittsburgh is the second-largest city in the US Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Allegheny County. Regionally, it anchors the largest urban area of Appalachia and the Ohio River Valley, and nationally, it is the 22nd-largest urban area in the United States...

, respectively. Portions of these districts were subsequently subdivided into the Middle

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is district level federal court with jurisdiction over approximately one half of Pennsylvania...

District on March 2, 1901, by 31 Stat. 880. At the time of its initial subdivision, presiding judge Richard Peters, Jr.

Richard Peters (Continental Congress)

Richard Peters sometimes Richard Peters, Jr., to distinguish from his uncle, though this can also mean his son Richard), was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was a delegate for Pennsylvania to the Continental Congress in 1782 and 1783...

was reassigned to only the Eastern District.

Current judges

The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has 22 authorized judgeships, filled by judges appointed by the President

President of the United States

The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

and confirmed by the Senate

United States Senate

The United States Senate is the upper house of the bicameral legislature of the United States, and together with the United States House of Representatives comprises the United States Congress. The composition and powers of the Senate are established in Article One of the U.S. Constitution. Each...

. In addition, judges who have taken senior status

Senior status

Senior status is a form of semi-retirement for United States federal judges, and judges in some state court systems. After federal judges have reached a certain combination of age and years of service on the federal courts, they are allowed to assume senior status...

continue to hear cases. There are currently 36 judges, including both active and senior judges. The Chief Judge

Chief judge

Chief Judge is a title that can refer to the highest-ranking judge of a court that has more than one judge. The meaning and usage of the term vary from one court system to another...

of the District is Judge J. Curtis Joyner

J. Curtis Joyner

As of June 8, 2009, a vacancy exists in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania due to Judge Anita B. Brody's decision to take senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

As of July 31, 2010, a second vacancy exists in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania due to the death of Judge Thomas M. Golden. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

As of February 1, 2011, a third vacancy exists in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania due to Judge Richard Barclay Surrick's decision to take senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

As of October 1, 2011, a fourth vacancy exists in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania due to Judge Harvey Bartle III's decision to take senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

Former judges

Judge	Appointed by	Began active service	Ended active service	Ended senior status	End reason
Guy K. Bard Guy K. Bard Guy Kurtz Bard was a Pennsylvania educator who later became a judge of United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1939 until 1952, when he resigned to be the Pennsylvania Democratic candidate for the United States Senate.-Early life, education, and career:Born in...	Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin D. Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...			–	resignation
Louis Charles Bechtle Louis Charles Bechtle Louis Charles Bechtle is a former United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Bechtle was in the United States Army from 1946 to 1947, then received a B.S. from Temple University in 1951 and an LL.B. from Temple University School of Law in 1954. He was an assistant United...	Richard Nixon Richard Nixon Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

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| Edward Roy Becker

Edward Roy Becker

For the Distinguished Service Cross recipient, see Edward Becker .Edward Roy Becker was a United States federal judge on the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit....

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...

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| Ralph C. Body

Ralph C. Body

Ralph C. Body was a United States federal judge.Born in Yellow House, Pennsylvania, Body received an A.B. from Pennsylvania State University in 1925 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1928. He was in private practice in Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1960...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| Raymond J. Broderick

Raymond J. Broderick

Raymond Joseph Broderick was a United States federal judge, and the Republican Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 1971.-Biography:...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| William Butler

William Butler (judge)

William Butler was a United States federal judge.Born in Chester County, Pennsylvania, Butler read law to enter the bar in 1845. He was in private practice in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and was district attorney of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania from 1856 to 1859...

||Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford B. Hayes

Rutherford Birchard Hayes was the 19th President of the United States . As president, he oversaw the end of Reconstruction and the United States' entry into the Second Industrial Revolution...

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| John Cadwalader||James Buchanan

James Buchanan

James Buchanan, Jr. was the 15th President of the United States . He is the only president from Pennsylvania, the only president who remained a lifelong bachelor and the last to be born in the 18th century....

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| Edward Norman Cahn

Edward Norman Cahn

Edward Norman Cahn is a former United States federal judge.Cahn was born in Allentown, Pennsylvania. He attended Lehigh University, where he played basketball and set a record by becoming the first Lehigh student to score 1,000 points; he graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in 1955. Cahn...

||Gerald Ford

Gerald Ford

Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...

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| Thomas James Clary

Thomas James Clary

Thomas James Clary was a United States federal judge.Born in Seneca Falls, New York, Clary received an A.B. from Cornell University in 1920 and an LL.B. from Georgetown University Law School in 1924. He was in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1924 to 1949.On October 21, 1949,...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice president and the 34th Vice President of the United States , he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...

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| John Morgan Davis

John Morgan Davis

John Morgan Davis was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania from 1959 to 1963.-Early life:Davis was born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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| Oliver Booth Dickinson

Oliver Booth Dickinson

Oliver Booth Dickinson was a United States federal judge.Born in Dayton, Ohio, Dickinson graduated from Bucknell University in 1877 and read law in 1878. He received an A.M. from Bucknell in 1903...

||Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, from 1913 to 1921. A leader of the Progressive Movement, he served as President of Princeton University from 1902 to 1910, and then as the Governor of New Jersey from 1911 to 1913...

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| Thomas C. Egan

Thomas C. Egan

Thomas C. Egan was a United States federal judge.Born in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania, Egan received an A.B. from Georgetown University in 1917 and entered private practice in Philadelphia....

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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| Herbert Allan Fogel

Herbert Allan Fogel

Herbert Allan Fogel is a former United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Fogel received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1949 and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1952. He was a law clerk, Court of Common Pleas for Philadelphia County,...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| Frederick Voris Follmer

Frederick Voris Follmer

Frederick Voris Follmer was a United States federal judge.Born in Milton, Pennsylvania, Follmer received an A.B. from Bucknell University in 1906 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1909. He was in private practice in Pennsylvania from 1910 to 1935. He was an Assistant district attorney of...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| Abraham Lincoln Freedman

Abraham Lincoln Freedman

Abraham Lincoln Freedman was a United States federal judge.-Biography:Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Freedman received an LL.B. from Temple University School of Law in 1926, immediately entering private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. While in private practice...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| James Cullen Ganey

James Cullen Ganey

James Cullen Ganey was a United States federal judge.Born in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, Ganey received an LL.B. from Lehigh University in 1920, and another from Harvard Law School in 1923. He was in private practice in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from 1923 to 1937...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin Delano Roosevelt , also known by his initials, FDR, was the 32nd President of the United States and a central figure in world events during the mid-20th century, leading the United States during a time of worldwide economic crisis and world war...

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| Robert S. Gawthrop III

Robert S. Gawthrop III

Robert S. Gawthrop III was a United States federal judge.Born in West Chester, Pennsylvania, Gawthrop received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1964 and a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law in 1970. He was in the United States Army Lieutenant, Field Artillery from 1965 to 1967. He was a law clerk,...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| James Tyrone Giles

James Tyrone Giles

James Tyrone Giles is a former United States federal judge.Born in Charlottesville, Virginia, Giles received a B.A. from Amherst College in 1964 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1967. He was a Clerk, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in 1967. He was a Field attorney of National...

||Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

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| Thomas M. Golden

Thomas M. Golden

Thomas M. Golden was a United States federal judge.Born in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, he received a B.A. from Pennsylvania State University in 1969, and a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law in 1972. He was in private law practice in Pennsylvania from 1972 to 2006.On January 25, 2006, Golden was...

||George W. Bush

George W. Bush

George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....

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| James Henry Gorbey

James Henry Gorbey

James Henry Gorbey was a United States federal judge.Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Gorbey was a Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II from 1942 to 1945. He received a B.A. from Bowling Green State University in 1945 and an LL.B. from Temple University School of Law in 1949...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| Clifford Scott Green

Clifford Scott Green

Clifford Scott Green was a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Green was the eighteenth African American Article III judge appointed in the United States, and the second African American judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| Allan Kuhn Grim

Allan Kuhn Grim

Allan Kuhn Grim was a United States federal judge.Born in Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Grim received an A.B. from Swarthmore College in 1924 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1929. He was in private practice in Reading, Pennsylvania from 1929 to 1949...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| John Berne Hannum

John Berne Hannum

John Berne Hannum was a United States federal judge.Born in Chester, Pennsylvania, Hannum received an LL.B. from Dickinson School of Law in 1941. He was in private practice in Chester from 1941 to 1942. He was a U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He was in...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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| James Buchanan Holland

James Buchanan Holland

James Buchanan Holland was a United States federal judge.Born in Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania, Holland read law to enter the bar in 1887. He was a Clerk of county commissioners, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania from 1882 to 1887. He was in private practice in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania from...

||Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity...

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| Joseph Hopkinson

Joseph Hopkinson

Joseph Hopkinson was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania, and later a United States federal judge.-Early life, education, and career:...

||John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States . He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. Adams was the son of former...

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| Herbert J. Hutton

Herbert J. Hutton

Herbert J. Hutton was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Hutton received an A.B. from Lincoln University, Pennsylvania in 1959 and a J.D. from Temple University School of Law in 1962. He was an Attorney, Pennsylvania Housing and Home Finance Agency from 1962 to 1964...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| Daniel Henry Huyett III

Daniel Henry Huyett III

Daniel Henry Huyett III was a United States federal judge.Born in Reading, Pennsylvania, Huyett received an A.B. from the University of Michigan in 1942 and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1948. He was in the United States Army Air Corps Lieutenant during World War II,...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| Harry Ellis Kalodner

Harry Ellis Kalodner

Harry Ellis Kalodner was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kalodner received an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1917 and was in the U.S. Army, JAG Corps, World War I. He was in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1917 to 1935...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| John K. Kane

John K. Kane

John Kintzing Kane was an American politician, attorney and jurist. Kane was noted for his political affiliation with President Andrew Jackson and for an 1855 pro-slavery legal decision dealing with the Fugitive Slave Law of 1850.Kane was born in Albany, New York, the son of Elisha Kane and Alida...

||James K. Polk

James K. Polk

James Knox Polk was the 11th President of the United States . Polk was born in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina. He later lived in and represented Tennessee. A Democrat, Polk served as the 17th Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 12th Governor of Tennessee...

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| Bruce William Kauffman

Bruce William Kauffman

Bruce William Kauffman is a United States federal judge.Born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, Kauffman received a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1956 and an LL.B. from Yale Law School in 1959. He was a law clerk to the Vincent S. Haneman, Superior Court of New Jersey from 1959 to 1960...

||Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...

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| James McGirr Kelly

James McGirr Kelly

James McGirr Kelly was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kelly received a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business in 1951 and was in the United States Navy from 1951 to 1953. He received a J.D. from Temple University School of Law in...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| William Huntington Kirkpatrick

William Huntington Kirkpatrick

William Huntington Kirkpatrick was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.-Biography:William H. Kirkpatrick was born in Easton, Pennsylvania...

||Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge

John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state...

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| Charles William Kraft, Jr.

Charles William Kraft, Jr.

Charles William Kraft, Jr. was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kraft received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1924, an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1927, and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1930...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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| John Whitaker Lord, Jr.

John Whitaker Lord, Jr.

John Whitaker Lord, Jr. was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Lord received an LL.B. from Temple University School of Law in 1928. He was in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1928 to 1954. He was a Professor of law, Temple University from 1938 to...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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| Joseph Simon Lord III

Joseph Simon Lord III

Joseph Simon Lord III was a United States federal judge.Lord was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1933. He received an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1936. He was in private practice in Philadelphia,...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| Alfred Leopold Luongo

Alfred Leopold Luongo

Alfred Leopold Luongo was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Luongo received a B.S. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1941 and served as a Technical Sergeant in the United States Army during World War II, from 1942 to 1946. He received an LL.B...

||John F. Kennedy

John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....

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| Albert Branson Maris

Albert Branson Maris

Albert Branson Maris was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maris received an LL.B. from Temple University in 1918 and was a Private in the United States Army in that year...

||Franklin D. Roosevelt

Franklin D. Roosevelt

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| Thomas Ambrose Masterson

Thomas Ambrose Masterson

Thomas Ambrose Masterson was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Masterson received a B.A. from Harvard University in 1949 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1952. He was an Attorney at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC from...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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| Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr.

Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr.

Joseph Leo McGlynn, Jr. was a United States federal judge.McGlynn was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He saw action in the United States Navy during World War II, serving from 1943 to 1946. Returning from military duty, he attended Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland, receiving a...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| James P. McGranery

James P. McGranery

James Patrick McGranery was an American lawyer and politician.-Biography:Born in Philadelphia, he served in World War I as an observation balloon pilot with the United States Army Air Service, and as an adjutant in the One Hundred and Eleventh Infantry...

||Harry S. Truman

Harry S. Truman

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| Charles Louis McKeehan

Charles Louis McKeehan

Charles Louis McKeehan was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, McKeehan received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1897 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1900. He was in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1900...

||Warren G. Harding

Warren G. Harding

Warren Gamaliel Harding was the 29th President of the United States . A Republican from Ohio, Harding was an influential self-made newspaper publisher. He served in the Ohio Senate , as the 28th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio and as a U.S. Senator...

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| John Bayard McPherson

John Bayard McPherson

John Bayard McPherson was a United States federal judge.-Biography:Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, McPherson attended Princeton College, receiving an A.B. in 1866 and an A.M. in 1869. He read law in 1870. He was in private practice in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania beginning in 1870...

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William McKinley

William McKinley, Jr. was the 25th President of the United States . He is best known for winning fiercely fought elections, while supporting the gold standard and high tariffs; he succeeded in forging a Republican coalition that for the most part dominated national politics until the 1930s...

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| Clarence Charles Newcomer

Clarence Charles Newcomer

Clarence Charles Newcomer was a United States federal judge.Born in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, Newcomer was a U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant during World War II, from 1943 to 1946, and then received an A.B. from Franklin and Marshall College in 1944 and a J.D. from Dickinson School of Law in 1948...

||Richard Nixon

Richard Nixon

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| Richard Peters, Jr.

Richard Peters (Continental Congress)

||George Washington

George Washington

George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of...

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| Archibald Randall

Archibald Randall

Archibald Randall was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Randall read law to enter the Bar in 1818. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1820 to 1842. He was a clerk of the Philadelphia Select Council, Pennsylvania from 1830 to 1833...

||John Tyler

John Tyler

John Tyler was the tenth President of the United States . A native of Virginia, Tyler served as a state legislator, governor, U.S. representative, and U.S. senator before being elected Vice President . He was the first to succeed to the office of President following the death of a predecessor...

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| Marjorie Rendell

Marjorie Rendell

Marjorie Osterlund Rendell is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a former First Lady of Pennsylvania. In 2003, she was named to the PoliticsPA list of "Pennsylvania's Most Politically Powerful Women".- Personal background :Rendell was born in...

||Bill Clinton

Bill Clinton

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| Anthony Joseph Scirica

Anthony Joseph Scirica

Anthony Joseph Scirica is a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Born in 1940 in Norristown, Pennsylvania, Chief Judge Scirica graduated from Wesleyan University in 1962 and received his J.D. from University of Michigan Law School in 1965...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| Joseph Whitaker Thompson

Joseph Whitaker Thompson

Joseph Whitaker Thompson was a United States federal judge.Thompson graduated from the University of Pennsylvania Law School with an LL.B. in 1887...

||William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft

William Howard Taft was the 27th President of the United States and later the tenth Chief Justice of the United States...

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| Emanuel Mac Troutman

Emanuel Mac Troutman

Emanuel Mac Troutman was a United States federal judge.Born in Greenwood Township, Pennsylvania, Troutman received an A.B. from Dickinson College in 1934 and an LL.B. from Dickinson School of Law in 1936. He was a Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company from 1937 to 1962. He was an...

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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| Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen

Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen

Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He assumed senior status on October 23, 2006, on his 65th birthday.- Early life and education :...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| Francis Lund Van Dusen

Francis Lund Van Dusen

Francis Lund Van Dusen was a United States federal judge.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Van Dusen received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1934 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1937. He was in private practice in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1937 to 1941...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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| Jay Waldman

Jay Waldman

Jay Carl Waldman was a U.S. district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and a former federal judicial nominee to the U.S...

||Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States , the 33rd Governor of California and, prior to that, a radio, film and television actor....

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| Charles R. Weiner

Charles R. Weiner

Charles R. Weiner was a United States federal judge and former member of the Pennsylvania Senate.Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Weiner was in the United States Navy during World War II, from 1941 to 1945. He thereafter received an A.B. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1947, an LL.B....

||Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon B. Johnson

Lyndon Baines Johnson , often referred to as LBJ, was the 36th President of the United States after his service as the 37th Vice President of the United States...

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| George Austin Welsh

George Austin Welsh

George Austin Welsh was a Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania.George A. Welsh was born near Bay View, Cecil County, Maryland. He took business and academic courses at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was engaged as a legislative...

||Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover

Herbert Clark Hoover was the 31st President of the United States . Hoover was originally a professional mining engineer and author. As the United States Secretary of Commerce in the 1920s under Presidents Warren Harding and Calvin Coolidge, he promoted partnerships between government and business...

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| Harold Kenneth Wood

Harold Kenneth Wood

Harold Kenneth Wood was a United States federal judge.Born in Mount Vernon, New York, Wood received an A.B. from Colgate University in 1927 and an LL.B. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1934. He was a Tax examiner, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from 1940 to 1941...

||Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower was the 34th President of the United States, from 1953 until 1961. He was a five-star general in the United States Army...

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