Joseph Lamb Bodine

Joseph Lamb Bodine (born November 6, 1883 in Trenton , New Jersey , † June 10, 1950 ) was an American lawyer . After his appointment by President Woodrow Wilson , he served as a federal judge in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey from 1920 until his resignation in 1929 .

Career

After graduating from school, Joseph Bodine attended Princeton University , where he received his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1905 . In 1908 followed the Bachelor of Laws at Harvard Law School , after which he practiced as a lawyer in Trenton until 1919. From 1919 to 1920 Bodine, who belonged to the Democratic Party , succeeded Charles Francis Lynch as federal attorney for the district of New Jersey; in this position he was succeeded by Elmer H. Geran .

On May 28, 1920, Bodine was appointed Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey by President Wilson to succeed John Warren Davis . After confirmation by the US Senate on June 2 of the same year, he was able to take office immediately. He exercised it until his resignation on March 31, 1929; its seat then fell to John Boyd Avis . Joseph Bodine then served as a judge in the New Jersey Supreme Court until his death . He died in Trenton on June 10, 1950 and was buried in the Lawrenceville Municipal Cemetery.