F. Ryan Duffy

F. Ryan Duffy (1938)

Francis Ryan Duffy (born June 23, 1888 in Fond du Lac , Wisconsin , †  August 16, 1979 in Milwaukee , Wisconsin) was an American lawyer and politician ( Democratic Party ) who represented the state of Wisconsin in the US Senate . He then became a federal judge at the federal district court for the eastern district of Wisconsin and later at the federal appeals court for the seventh district.

After attending school, Ryan Duffy enrolled at the University of Wisconsin – Madison , where he graduated in 1910. In 1912 the law exam at the law school of this university followed. In the same year he was admitted to the bar and began practicing as a lawyer in his hometown of Fond du Lac. During the First World War he served in the US Army from 1917 ; by his departure in 1919 he had achieved the rank of major . He then returned to his office in Fond du Lac.

Without having previously held a political office, Duffy was nominated by the Democrats for election to the US Senate in 1932. He met the Republican John B. Chapple, who had previously defeated incumbent John J. Blaine in the primary of his party , and prevailed against this, whereupon he entered Congress on March 4, 1933 . When attempting re-election, he in turn failed six years later because of the Republican Alexander Wiley , which is why he had to give up his Senate seat on January 3, 1939.

As a result, Duffy focused again on his legal career. He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin , and after confirmation by the Senate, he served as the successor to Ferdinand August Geiger from 1939 to 1949. He then moved to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as the successor to the late Evan Alfred Evans , where he was Chief Judge from 1954 to 1959 . In 1966 he moved to senior status , but remained a member of the court through this half-retirement until his death in August 1979. His seat fell to Thomas E. Fairchild .

Web links

Commons : F. Ryan Duffy  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• F. Ryan Duffy in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• F. Ryan Duffy in the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges

• F. Ryan Duffy in the database of Find a Grave (English)