William Nelson Runyon

Judge William Nelson Runyon

Personal

Birthday:

3/5/1871

Birthplace:

Plainfield, NJ

Date of Death:

11/9/1931

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Member, Plainfield [New Jersey] Common Council, 1897-98
Judge, Plainfield [New Jersey] Municipal Court, 1899-1910
State assemblyman, New Jersey, 1915-1917
State senator, New Jersey, 1918-1922
Acting governor, New Jersey, 1919-1920

Education

Name of School:

Yale University

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1892

Name of School - Second:

New York Law School

Mission: Embrace Innovation - Foster Integrity and Professionalism - Advance Justice for a Diverse Society New York Law School provides comprehensive legal knowledge, employs multiple teaching techniques, and uses law to solve problems. Through innovation in scholarship, service, and professional training, we provide diverse routes to achievement. Creating value for others is our quest.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1894

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of New Jersey

Court Name:

New Jersey District Court

President Nominating:

Warren G. Harding

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

1/16/1923

Termination Date:

11/9/1931

Termination Reason:

Death