Harold Kennedy (New York)
Harold Maurice Kennedy (1895-1971) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He joined the court in 1944 after an appointment from Franklin Delano Roosevelt. At the time of appointment, he was the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York. He resigned on September 30, 1952.[1] Kennedy passed away on July 1, 1971.
Early life and education
- College of the City of New York, A.B., 1917
- Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1924
- Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 1925[1]
Military career
- U.S. Navy Lieutenant (j.g.), 1917-1920[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Brooklyn, New York, 1925-1944
- Assistant state attorney general, New York, 1938-1939
- U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York, 1939-1944
- Private practice, Brooklyn, New York, 1952-1961[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
Eastern District of New York
Kennedy was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on September 1, 1944, to a seat vacated by Marcus Beach Campbell; he was confirmed by the Senate on September 20, 1944, and received commission on September 22nd. He resigned on September 30, 1952.[1] Kennedy was succeeded in this position by Walter Bruchhausen.
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Harold Kennedy's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
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| Preceded by: Marcus Beach Campbell |
Eastern District of New York 1944–1952 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Walter Bruchhausen
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| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
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