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Robert Wodrow Archbald

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Robert Wodrow Archbald

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Prior offices

United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Circuit Courts for the 3rd Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

Education

Personal


Robert Wodrow Archbald (1848-1926) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit, the United States Commerce Court, and the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.

Early life and education

  • Yale University, A.B., 1871
  • Read law, 1873

Professional career

  • Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1873-1884
  • Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County, 1884-1888
  • President judge, 45th Judicial District of Pennsylvania, 1888-1901

Judicial career

Third Circuit and Commerce Court

Archbald was nominated by President William Howard Taft on December 12, 1910 to a new seat authorized by 36 Stat. 539. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 31, 1911, and received commission that same day. He was impeached and convicted on January 13, 1913.[1]

Middle District of Pennsylvania

Archbald received a recess appointment from President William McKinley on March 29, 1901 and was nominated on December 5th to a new seat authorized by 31 Stat. 880. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 1901, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until February 1, 1911. Archbald was succeeded in this position by Charles Witmer.

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Political offices
Preceded by:
NA-New Seat 		Middle District of Pennsylvania
1901–1911
Seat #1 		Succeeded by:
Charles Witmer
Preceded by:
NA-New Seat 		Third Circuit
1911–1913 		Succeeded by:
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William McKinley

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Federal judges nominated by William McKinley
1897

Bradford • DeHaven • McKenna • Morrow • Purnell • Tenney

1898

Ewart • Lowell • Meek • Thomas • Thompson • Waddill

1899

Barnard • Clabaugh • Day • Evans • Fischer • Gray • Grosscup • Hook • Howell • Kohlsaat • McPherson •

Shelby
1900

Boyd • De Vries • Hazel • McPherson • Severens • Trieber • Wanty

1901

Adams • Anderson • Archbald • Cochran • Humphrey • Keller • Wing

William Howard Taft

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Federal judges nominated by William Howard Taft
1909

Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard

1910

Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White

1911

Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer •

Youmans •
1912

Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle •

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

Chief Judge: Michael 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 Middle District of Pennsylvania
Active judges

Chief Judge: Matthew Brann   •  Karoline Mehalchick  •  Julia Munley  •  Joseph Saporito  •  Jennifer Philpott Wilson  •  Keli Neary

Senior judges

Yvette Kane  •  Malachy Mannion  •  Robert David Mariani  •  

Magistrate judges William Arbuckle  •  Martin C. Carlson  •  Susan E. Schwab  •  
Former Article III judges

Thomas Vanaskie  •  Richard Caputo  •  James Munley  •  Christopher Conner  •  John E. Jones  •  William Nealon  •  Richard Conaboy  •  Sylvia Rambo  •  William Caldwell  •  Edwin Kosik  •  James McClure  •  Robert Wodrow Archbald  •  Charles Witmer  •  Albert Williams Johnson  •  Albert Leisenring Watson  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Robert Herman  •  John William Murphy  •  Michael Sheridan  •  

Former Chief judges

Thomas Vanaskie  •  William Nealon  •  Richard Conaboy  •  Sylvia Rambo  •  Albert Leisenring Watson  •  Frederick Follmer  •  John William Murphy  •  Michael Sheridan  •