| Birth: | May 9, 1886 | | Death: | Oct. 4, 1968
Wellfleet
Barnstable County
Massachusetts, USA | 
Presidential Cabinet Secretary. He served under Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S Truman as the United States Attorney General. The primary American judge during the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg after World War II, he was author of a two volume memoir entitled "A Casual Past", (1961) and "In Brief Authority", (1962) recounting the experience. He earned his law degree from Harvard University. As Attorney General he was best remembered for Order 9066 which authorized the United States governent to force Japanese-Americans into internment camps during World War II. He was also author of the books "The Llanfear Pattern", (1927) about his experiences growing up in Philadelphia's Main Line and "Mr. Justice Holmes", about his time spent as private secretary for Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. (bio by: C.S.)
Family links:
Parents:
Algernon Sydney Biddle (1847 - 1891)
Frances Brown Robinson Biddle (1858 - 1937)
Search Amazon for Francis Biddle | | | Burial:
Christ Church Burial Ground
Philadelphia
Philadelphia County
Pennsylvania, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: C.S.
Record added: Jun 10, 2006
Find A Grave Memorial# 14563022 |
|
|
|
Do you have a photo to add? Click here |
(3.5 after 20 votes)
