Francis Biddle

Francis Biddle
Biddle in 1935
58th United States Attorney General
In office August 26, 1941 – June 26, 1945
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Robert H. Jackson
Succeeded by	Tom C. Clark
25th United States Solicitor General
In office January 22, 1940 – August 25, 1941
President	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Robert H. Jackson
Succeeded by	Charles Fahy
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office March 4, 1939 – January 22, 1940
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Joseph Buffington
Succeeded by	Herbert Funk Goodrich
Deputy Chair of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
In office December 31, 1938[1] – April 1939[1]
Preceded by	Thomas B. McCabe[1]
Succeeded by	Alfred H. Williams[2]
Member of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia
In office April 1938[3] – April 1939[1]
Preceded by	Harry L. Cannon[3]
Succeeded by	Warren F. Whittier[2]
Chair of the National Labor Relations Board
In office November 15, 1934[4] – 1935
Preceded by	Lloyd K. Garrison[5]
Succeeded by	J. Warren Madden (new agency established through the NLRA)
Personal details
Born	Francis Beverley Biddle (1886-05-09)May 9, 1886 Paris, France
Died	October 4, 1968(1968-10-04) (aged 82) Wellfleet, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Katherine Garrison Chapin
Children	2
Education	Harvard University (BA, LLB)
Signature
Military service
Branch/service	United States Army
Years of service	1918
Rank	Private
Unit	Field Artillery
Battles/wars	World War I

Francis Beverley Biddle (May 9, 1886 – October 4, 1968) was an American lawyer and judge who was the United States Attorney General during World War II. He also served as the primary American judge during Nuremberg trials following World War II and a United States circuit judge of the Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.