Background
WATSON, Albert Leisenring was born on December 6, 1876 in Montrose, Susquehanna Company, Pennsylvania, United States.
WATSON, Albert Leisenring was born on December 6, 1876 in Montrose, Susquehanna Company, Pennsylvania, United States.
Amherst College, Massachusetts.
Born in Montrose, Pennsylvania, Watson received an Bachelor of Arts from Amherst College in 1901 and read law in 1903 to enter the Barometer He was in private practice in Scranton, Pennsylvania from 1903 to 1925. He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania from 1926 to 1928.
On September 9, 1929, Watson was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania created by 45 Statistics
1344. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 17, 1929, and received his commission the same day. After surviving a brush with impeachment in 1945, he served as chief judge from 1948 to 1955, assuming senior status on May 31, 1955.
He served in that capacity until his death.
Member: Masons; Westminster Presbyterian Church. K. of Malta; Junior Order of United American Mechanics. New England Society, N.E. Pennsylvania Clubs: University (New York ), Scranton, Scranton Cipuntry, Waverly Country (Waverly), Psi Upsilon (New York).
Spouse Mabel E. Wheeler, January 9, 1902, Rutland, Vermont.