Background
Nields, John P. was born on August 7, 1868 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Benjamin and Gertrude (Fulton) Nields.
Nields, John P. was born on August 7, 1868 in Wilmington, Delaware, United States. Son of Benjamin and Gertrude (Fulton) Nields.
Preparatory education, Haverford College, Pennsylvania. Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1889. Harvard Law School, 1890, 92.
Born in Wilmington, Delaware, Nields received an Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University in 1889 and an Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1892. He was in private practice in Wilmington from 1892 to 1903. He was the United States Attorney for the District of Delaware from 1903 to 1916, thereafter returning to private practice in Wilmington in 1930.
He was a Captain in the United States Army, Ordnance Department during World World War II, in 1918.
On June 20, 1930, Nields was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Hugh M. Morris. Nields was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 3, 1930, and received his commission the same day.
He assumed senior status on September 30, 1941, serving in that capacity until his death, in 1943, in Nahant, Massachusetts.
Member American and Delaware bar associations. Membership committee Society of Colonial Wars. Membership committee Delaware History Society.
Member Loyal Legion.
Member Society of The Cincinnati. Clubs: Wilmington, Wilmington Country.
Married Mary Blanchard Craven, January 23, 1907.