Background
Maris, Albert Branson was born on December 19, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Wood and Elma (Branson) Maris.
Maris, Albert Branson was born on December 19, 1893 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Wood and Elma (Branson) Maris.
Graduate, Westtown (Pennsylvania) School, 1911. Graduate, Drexel University, 1926. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Drexel University, 1946.
Bachelor of Laws, Temple University, 1918. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Temple University, 1940. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Haverford College, 1957.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Swarthmore College, 1968. Data Control Language (honorary), Villanova University, 1974.
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Maris received an Bachelor of Laws from Temple University in 1918 and was a Private in the United States Army in that year. He was an Assistant secretary of the Proportional Representation League, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from 1918 to 1919, and was a Legal staff member, Bureau of Municipal Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1919. He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1919 to 1936, working as an editor of The Legal Intelligencer from 1935 to 1936.
He also graduated from the Drexel Institute Engineering School in 1926.
On June 18, 1936, Maris was nominated by President Franklin Doctorate. Roosevelt to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania created by 49 Statistics 1523. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 20, 1936, and received his commission on June 22, 1936.
On June 14, 1938, Roosevelt nominated Maris to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by Victor Baynard Woolley. Maris was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 1938, receiving his commission on June 24, 1938.
He was also an adjunct professor of law at the Temple University Law School from 1941 to 1955.
Maris assumed senior status on December 31, 1958, serving in that capacity until his death.
Democratic county chairman, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, 1924-1930. Member Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, 1930-1934. Auditor Borough of Lansdowne, Pennsylvania, 1928-1934.
President People's Association of Delaware County, 1935-1936. Member council Borough of Yeadon, Pennsylvania, 1935-1936. Board directors Elwyn Institute, 1929-1965, president, 1951-1965.
Served as Second lieutenant coast artillery United States Army, 1918. Fellow American Bar Foundation (honorary). Member American, Federal, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Delaware County, Montgomery County, City of New York bar associations, American Law Institute, Institute Judicial Administration, American Judicature Society, Lawyers Club, Order of Coif.
Club: Lawyers.
Married Edith M. Robinson, July 3, 1917 (deceased October 1967). Children: William Robinson, Robert Wood. Married Mildred C. Butler, October 24, 1968 (deceased September 1984).