Joseph Whitaker Thompson

Joseph Whitaker Thompson

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Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit

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Education

Law

University of Pennsylvania Law School, 1887

Personal

Birthplace

Stroudsburg, Pa.

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Joseph Whitaker Thompson (1861-1946) was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit.

He was nominated by President Herbert Hoover on December 4, 1930 to fill the seat vacated by John Bayard McPherson. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 22, 1931, and received commission on January 29th. On May 1, 1938, he assumed senior status. He served until his death on January 7, 1946. Thompson was succeeded in this position by George Austin Welsh.

Early life and education

• University of Pennsylvania Law School, LL.B., 1887

Professional career

• Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1900-1904
• U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, 1904-1912

Judicial career

Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Thompson was previously a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

He was nominated by President William Howard Taft on June 5, 1912 to fill the seat vacated by John Bayard McPherson. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 16, 1912, and received commission that same day. He served on this court until February 3, 1931.

External links

• Judge Thompson's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: John Bayard McPherson	Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1912–1931 Seat #1	Succeeded by: George Austin Welsh
Preceded by: NA - new seat	Third Circuit Court of Appeals 1931–1946	Succeeded by: William Clark