Francis Biddle

United States federal judge (1886-1968)

• Born: 1886-05-09 1886-05-19 (Paris)
• Died: 1968-10-04 (Hyannis)
• Country of citizenship: France; United States of America
• Occupation: judge; lawyer; politician; screenwriter
• Member of political party: Democratic Party
• Member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences
• Position held: Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit; Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; Solicitor General of the United States (period: 1940-01-22 through 1941-08-25; replaced by: Charles H. Fahy; replaces: Robert H. Jackson; series ordinal: 24); United States Attorney General (period: 1941-08-26 through 1945-06-26; replaced by: Thomas Campbell Clark; replaces: Robert H. Jackson; series ordinal: 58)
• Educated at: Harvard Law School
• Spouse: Katherine Garrison Chapin
• VIAF ID: https://viaf.org/viaf/41927620
• ISNI: https://isni.org/isni/0000000081205702
• WorldCat Identities ID: https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n79054161
• Library of Congress authority ID: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79054161