John Warren Davis

Judge John Warren Davis

Personal

Birthday:

3/4/1867

Birthplace:

Elizabeth City, NC

Date of Death:

2/21/1945

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Camden, New Jersey, 1907-1911
State senator, New Jersey, 1911-1913
U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1913-1916

Education

Name of School:

Bucknell University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1896

Name of School - Second:

Crozer Theological Seminary

Degree - Second:

B.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1899

Name of School - Third:

University of Pennsylvania Law School

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Degree - Third:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Third:

1906

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Court Name:

New Jersey District Court

President Nominating:

Woodrow Wilson

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

5/15/1916

Termination Date:

6/12/1920

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Court Name - Second:

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Second:

6/2/1920

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

4/15/1939

Termination Date - Second:

11/24/1941

Termination Reason - Second:

Resignation