Background
Billings, Franklin Swift was born on June 5, 1922 in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. Son of Franklin S. and Gertrude (Curtis) Billings.
Billings, Franklin Swift was born on June 5, 1922 in Woodstock, Vermont, United States. Son of Franklin S. and Gertrude (Curtis) Billings.
Bachelor of Science, Harvard University, 1943; postgraduate, Yale University law School, 1945; Juris Doctor, University of Virginia, 1947.
With department electronics, General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York, 1943; building department, Vermont Marble Company, Proctor, 1945-1946; private practice law, Woodstock, 1948-1952; member firm, Billings & Sherburne, Woodstock, 1952-1966; assistant secretary, Vermont Senate, 1949-1955; secretary, Vermont Senate, 1957-1959; secretary civil and military affairs, State of Vermont, 1959-1961; executive clerk to governor, 1955-1957; judge, Hartford Municipal Court, 1955-1963; member, Vermont House of Representatives, 1961-1966; chairman judicial committee, Vermont House of Representatives, 1961; speaker of house, Vermont House of Representatives, 1963-1966; judge, Vermont Superior Court, 1966-1975; associate justice, Bar Vermont, Montpelier, 1975-1983; chief justice, Bar Vermont, Montpelier, 1983-1984; judge, United States District Court Vermont, since 1984; chief judge, United States District Court Vermont, 1988-1992; senior court judge, United States District Court Vermont, since 1994.
Active, Town of Woodstock, 1948-1972. Served as warrant officer 1st class attached British Army, 1944-1945. Member Vermont Bar Association, Delta Theta Phi.
Married Pauline Gillingham, October 13, 1951. Children: Franklin, III, Jireh Swift, Elizabeth, Annual.