William Hastie
William Henry Hastie (1904-1976) was a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.
Hastie was nominated by President Harry Truman on October 21, 1949, to a new seat created by 63 Stat. 493; he was nominated on January 5, 1950, confirmed by the Senate on July 19, 1950, and received commission on July 22nd. He served as chief judge from 1968 until he assumed senior status on May 31, 1971. He served until his death on April 14, 1976.[1]
Hastie became the first African American to serve the federal judiciary when he was appointed in 1950.[2]
Education
- Amherst College, A.B., 1925
- Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1930
- Harvard Law School, S.J.D., 1933
Professional career
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1930-1933
- Assistant solicitor, U.S. Department of Interior, 1933-1937
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, 1937-1939
- Dean, Howard University School of Law, 1939-1946
- Civilian aide to the U.S. Secretary of War, 1940-1942
- Territorial Governor, Virgin Islands, 1946-1949
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1950–1976 |
Succeeded by: James Rosen
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| 1945 |
Burton • Clark • Donovan • Gilliam • Gourley • Holtzoff • Koscinski • Madden • Mathes • Mellott • S. Miller • W. Miller • Mollison • O'Connell • Orr • Prettyman • Rice | ||
| 1946 |
Curran • Driver • Follmer • Harris • Kalodner • Kampf • Keech • Levin • Lynne • McGranery • Murphy • Rodney • Scarlett • Shelbourne • Speakman • Starr • Vinson • Weinberger | ||
| 1947 |
Bryan, Sr. • Christenberry • Clifford • Collet • Dooley • Harper • Howell • Johnson • Jones • Lemmon • Medina • Rayfiel • Ryan • Thomason | ||
| 1948 |
Harper • Henderson • Johnson • Kaufman • Proctor • Rao • Stephens • Tamm | ||
| 1949 |
Allred • Andrews • Bazelon • Borah • Burns • Carter • Clark • Clary • Conger • Connally • Duffy • Erskine • Fahy • Finnegan • Foley • Ford • Gibson • Grim • Hastie • Hatch • Hill • Hooper • Kaufman • Kirkland • Lindley • Matthews • McCarthy • McGohey • McLaughlin • Minton • Murray • Noonan • Pickett • Platt • Pope • Ritter • Russell • Solomon • Sugarman • Swaim • Switzer • Taylor • Tehan • Thornton • Warlick • Washington • Westover • Wright | ||
| 1950 |
Bastian • Byrne, Sr. • Carter • Knous • Marsh • Murphy • Simpson • Staley • Steckler • Strum • Wallace • Weinfeld • Whitehurst • Worley | ||
| 1951 |
Dimock • Edelstein • Hartigan • Hartshorne • Leahy • Lindberg • McNamee • Medina • Modarelli • Murphy • Perry • Rives • Sheehy • Sloan • Stewart • Thomas • Tolin • Youngdahl | ||
| 1952 | |||
