Robert Wodrow Archbald

Personal

Birthday: 
9/10/1848
Birthplace: 
Carbondale, PA
Date of Death: 
8/19/1926
Place of Death: 
Martha`s Vineyard, MA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Scranton, Pennsylvania, 1873-1884
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County [Pennsylvania], 1884-1901; president judge, 1888-1901

Education

Name of School: 
Yale College
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1871
Name of School - Second: 
Read law
Degree Year - Second: 
1873

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Middle District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Middle District Court

President Nominating: 
William McKinley
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
12/17/1901
Termination Date: 
2/1/1911
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Third Circuit
Commission Date - Second: 
1/31/1911
Termination Date - Second: 
12/31/1911
Termination Reason - Second: 
Abolition of Court
Court Name - Third: 
Commerce Court
Commission Date - Third: 
1/31/1911
Termination Date - Third: 
1/13/1913
Termination Reason - Third: 
Impeachment & Conviction
Court Name - Fourth: 
U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Court Name - Fourth: 

Third Circuit Court of Appeals

Commission Date - Fourth: 
1/31/1911
Termination Date - Fourth: 
1/13/1913
Termination Reason - Fourth: 
Impeachment & Conviction