Background
Joyce, Matthew M. was born on April 29, 1877 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States. Son of Matt and Ella A. (Healy) Joyce.
Joyce, Matthew M. was born on April 29, 1877 in Emmetsburg, Iowa, United States. Son of Matt and Ella A. (Healy) Joyce.
Preparatory education, University of Michigan Academy, 1895-1897. Law student, University of Michigan, 1898-1900.
He was in private practice in Missoula, Montana from 1900 to 1910, and then in Fort Dodge, Iowa until 1917. He was an Attorney for the Minneapolis and Saint Louis Railroad in Minneapolis, Minnesota from 1917 to 1932. On January 28, 1932, Joyce was nominated by President Herbert Hoover to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota vacated by John B. Sanborn, Junior.
Joyce was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 3, 1932, and received his commission on February 11, 1932.
He assumed senior status on October 11, 1954. Joyce served in that capacity until his death in 1956, at the age of 78.
Member American Bar Association, Minnesota State Bar Association Delta Phi. Club: Minneapolis.
Married Annie Hughes Lewis, May 16, 1902 (deceased). Married second, Mary Isabel Daly, November 23, 1910.