Francis Biddle

Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886 – October 4, 1968) was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II. He also served as the primary American judge during Nuremberg trials following World War II and a United States circuit judge of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Francis Biddle
Biddle in 1935
58th United States Attorney General
In office
August 26, 1941 – June 26, 1945
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
Preceded byRobert H. Jackson
Succeeded byTom C. Clark
25th United States Solicitor General
In office
January 22, 1940 – August 25, 1941
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byRobert H. Jackson
Succeeded byCharles Fahy
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office
March 4, 1939 – January 22, 1940
Appointed byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byJoseph Buffington
Succeeded byHerbert Funk Goodrich
Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
In office
December 31, 1938 – April 1939
Preceded byThomas B. McCabe
Succeeded byAlfred H. Williams
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
In office
April 1938 – April 1939
Preceded byHarry L. Cannon
Succeeded byWarren F. Whittier
Chair of the National Labor Relations Board
In office
November 15, 1934 – 1935
Preceded byLloyd K. Garrison
Succeeded byJ. Warren Madden (new agency established through the NLRA)
Personal details
Born
Francis Beverley Biddle

(1886-05-09)May 9, 1886
Paris, France
DiedOctober 4, 1968(1968-10-04) (aged 82)
Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseKatherine Garrison Chapin
Children2
EducationHarvard University (BA, LLB)
Signature
Military service
Branch/serviceUnited States Army
Years of service1918
RankPrivate
UnitField Artillery
Battles/warsWorld War I
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