Background
Biddle, Francis was born on May 9, 1886 in in Paris, France. Son of of Algernon Sydney and Frances (Robinson) Biddle.
lawyer attorney general of the United States
Biddle, Francis was born on May 9, 1886 in in Paris, France. Son of of Algernon Sydney and Frances (Robinson) Biddle.
Brought to America in infancy. Student Haverford (Pennsylvania) School, 1895-1899, Groton (Massachusetts) School, 1899-1905. Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, Harvard, 1909, Bachelor of Laws, cum laude, 1911.
Doctor of Laws, La Salle College, Boston University, 1942. Drexel Institute, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 1943.
Admitted to Pennsylvania Bar, 1912. Private secretary to Justice Holmes, Supreme Court of the United States Court, 1911-1912. Associate Biddle, Paul & Jayne, Philadelphia, 1912-1915, Barnes, Biddle & Myers, Philadelphia, 1917-1939.
Special assistant United States, attorney, Eastern District Pennsylvania, 1922-1926. Class C director Federal Reserve Bank, 1938-1939, deputy chairman, 1938-1939. Chief counsel Joint Committee to investigate Tennessee Valley Authority, 1938-1939.
Judge The United States of America Circuit Court of Appeals, 3d Circuit, 1939-1940. Solicitor general of the United States, 1940. Attorney general of the United States, September 1941-June 30, 1945.
United States member International Military Tribunal, 1945-1946. Former member Permanent Court of Arbitration. Admitted to practice before Supreme Court of the United States, 1927.
Served in the United States Army, October 23-November 29, 1918. Chairman Philadelphia Branch Foreign Policy Association, 1924-1939. Member Governor Pinchot’s Commision on Special Policing in Industry, 1934.
Member Philadelphia County Board of Law Examiners, 1923-1932. Member of the board of Public Education, Philadelphia, 1936-1939. Member Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Commission.
Member board of trustees Twentieth Century Fund (New York Honorary bencher. Inner Temple (London, England), 1946. Member American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Clubs: Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Katherine Garrison Chapin, April. Children: Edmund Randolph, Garrison Chapin (deceased).