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John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)

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John Warren Davis

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the District of New Jersey


United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit


Education

Personal

John Warren Davis (1867-1945) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit and United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Early life and education

  • Bucknell University, B.A., 1896
  • Crozer Theological Seminary, B.D., 1899
  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1906

Professional career

  • Private practice in Philadelphia, PA, and Camden, NJ, 1907-1911
  • New Jersey state senator, 1911-1913
  • U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1913-1916

District of New Jersey

Third Circuit

He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on May 28, 1920 to replace Thomas Griffith Haight. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 2, 1920, and received commission that same day. On April 15, 1939, he assumed senior status. He resigned on November 24, 1941.[1]

District of New Jersey

Davis was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

He was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson on May 6, 1916 to a new seat created by 39 Stat. 48. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 15th, and received commission that same day. He served until June 12, 1920, because he was appointed to the Third Circuit.

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
NA - new seat
District of New Jersey
1916–1920
Seat #3
Succeeded by:
Joseph Lamb Bodine
Preceded by:
Thomas Griffith Haight
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
1920–1941
Succeeded by:
Charles Alvin Jones

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Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Active judges

Chief JudgeMichael Chagares   •  Patty Shwartz  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  Thomas Hardiman  •  Cheryl Ann Krause  •  Tamika Montgomery-Reeves  •  Stephanos Bibas  •  Peter Phipps  •  Paul Matey  •  David Porter (Third Circuit)  •  Arianna Freeman  •  Cindy Chung

Senior judges

Anthony Scirica  •  Walter Stapleton (federal judge)  •  Robert Cowen  •  Jane Roth  •  Richard Nygaard  •  Theodore McKee  •  Marjorie Rendell  •  Thomas Ambro  •  Julio Fuentes  •  Brooks Smith  •  D. Michael Fisher  •  

Former judges Samuel Alito  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Thomas Vanaskie  •  Marcus Wilson Acheson  •  Joseph Weis (Third Circuit)  •  Morton Greenberg  •  Ruggero Aldisert  •  Dolores Sloviter  •  Theodore McKee  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Kent Jordan  •  Joseph Buffington  •  George Mifflin Dallas  •  Timothy Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  Lee Sarokin  •  James Hunter  •  James Rosen  •  Michael Chertoff  •  Robert Wodrow Archbald  •  George Gray (Third Circuit)  •  John Bayard McPherson  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  Joseph Whitaker Thompson  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Victor Baynard Woolley  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Harry Kalodner  •  Phillip Forman  •  Albert Maris  •  John Biggs  •  Francis Biddle  •  William Francis Smith  •  Edward Becker  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  Carol Mansmann  •  Herbert Goodrich  •  Arlin Adams  •  John Gibbons (Third Circuit)  •  William Hastie  •  William Hutchinson  •  Charles Alvin Jones  •  Gerald McLaughlin  •  John O'Connell  •  Max Rosenn  •  Collins Seitz  •  David Stahl (Third Circuit)  •  Austin Staley  •  
Former Chief judges

Anthony Scirica  •  Ruggero Aldisert  •  Dolores Sloviter  •  Theodore McKee  •  Brooks Smith  •  Harry Kalodner  •  John Biggs  •  Edward Becker  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  John Gibbons (Third Circuit)  •  William Hastie  •  Collins Seitz  •  Austin Staley  •  

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
Active judges

Chief JudgeRenee Bumb   •  Susan Wigenton  •  Madeline Arleo  •  Claire Cecchi  •  Esther Salas  •  Michael Shipp  •  Karen Williams (New Jersey)  •  Robert Kirsch  •  Brian R. Martinotti  •  Julien Xavier Neals  •  Zahid Quraishi  •  Christine O'Hearn  •  Evelyn Padin  •  Georgette Castner  •  Michael Farbiarz  •  Jamel Semper  •  Edward Kiel

Senior judges

Mary Cooper  •  Anne Thompson  •  Stanley Chesler  •  Katharine Hayden  •  William Martini  •  Peter Sheridan  •  Noel Hillman  •  Robert Kugler  •  Joseph Rodriguez  •  Kevin McNulty  •  

Magistrate judges Tonianne Bongiovanni  •  Mark Falk  •  Ann Donio  •  Douglas Arpert  •  Lois Goodman  •  Michael A. Hammer  •  Cathy L. Waldor  •  James B. Clark, III  •  Leda Dunn Wettre  •  Sharon King  •  Jessica Allen  •  Matthew Skahill  •  André Espinosa  •  
Former Article III judges

Garrett Brown  •  Joel Pisano  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Harold Ackerman  •  Dennis Cavanaugh  •  Dickinson Debevoise  •  Joseph Greenaway  •  Faith Hochberg  •  Jose Linares  •  Stanley Brotman  •  Joseph Irenas  •  Jerome Simandle  •  David Brearley  •  Robert Morris (New Jersey)  •  William Sanford Pennington  •  William Rossell  •  Mahlon Dickerson  •  Philemon Dickerson  •  Richard Stockton Field  •  John Thompson Nixon  •  Andrew Kirkpatrick  •  Leonard Garth  •  Robert Cowen  •  Maryanne Trump Barry  •  Lee Sarokin  •  Edward Green (New Jersey)  •  Joseph Cross  •  William Mershon Lanning  •  John Rellstab  •  Joseph Lamb Bodine  •  John Warren Davis (Third Circuit)  •  Thomas Griffith Haight  •  Charles Francis Lynch  •  William Nelson Runyon  •  William Clark (New Jersey)  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  James William McCarthy  •  John Boyd Avis  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  William Bassler  •  John Bissell  •  Vincent Biunno  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Richard Hartshorne  •  John Kitchen  •  Frederick Lacey  •  Arthur Lane  •  Alfred Lechner  •  John Lifland  •  Thomas Madden  •  Thomas Meaney  •  Henry Meanor  •  Alfred Modarelli  •  Mendon Morrill  •  Stephen Orlofsky  •  Nicholas Politan  •  Robert Shaw (New Jersey)  •  William Francis Smith  •  Herbert Stern  •  Thomas Walker (New Jersey)  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Alfred Wolin  •  Reynier Wortendyke  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •  John Michael Vazquez  •  William Walls (New Jersey)  •  

Former Chief judges

Garrett Brown  •  Anne Thompson  •  Freda Wolfson  •  Jerome Simandle  •  Guy Laverne Fake  •  Phillip Forman  •  Anthony Augelli  •  George Barlow  •  John Bissell  •  Mitchell Cohen  •  James Coolahan  •  John Gerry  •  Thomas Madden  •  William Francis Smith  •  Lawrence Whipple  •  Clarkson Sherman Fisher  •  

Woodrow Wilson

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Federal judges nominated by Woodrow Wilson
1913

BinghamBrownCallCampbellDoolingNetererRogersSawtelleSullivanThomasWoods

1914

BledsoeBoothClarkeClaytonCovingtonDickinsonHaightHandMcCoyMcReynoldsSiddonsThomsonWalkerWoolley

1915

DowneyHoweLambdinTrippet

Wade
1916

AlschulerBrandeisDavisEvansHayHitzHoughJ. JohnsonT. JohnsonMantonStoneWestWoodrough

1917

AdamsonBattsErvinEvansJackC. JohnsonNeblettSmithSmythWestenhaver

1918

AndersonBaileyEnglishFitzHenryGarvinHolmesHutchesonKnoxMantonMcCoyWilliams

1919

DonahueFarisGrahamHaightLynchMorrisPagePeckSibleyWatkinsWebbWellerWilson

1920

BodineBryanCooperDavisEstesKing