Frank M. Coffin
Frank M. Coffin | |
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Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | |
In office February 1, 1989 – December 7, 2009 | |
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | |
In office 1972–1983 | |
Preceded by | Bailey Aldrich |
Succeeded by | Levin H. Campbell |
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit | |
In office October 2, 1965 – February 1, 1989 | |
Appointed by | Lyndon B. Johnson |
Preceded by | John Patrick Hartigan |
Succeeded by | Conrad K. Cyr |
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 2nd district | |
In office January 3, 1957 – January 3, 1961 | |
Preceded by | Charles P. Nelson |
Succeeded by | Stanley R. Tupper |
Personal details | |
Born | Frank Morey Coffin July 11, 1919 Lewiston, Maine |
Died | December 7, 2009 Portland, Maine | (aged 90)
Political party | Democratic |
Education | Bates College (AB) Harvard University (IA, LLB) |
Frank Morey Coffin (July 11, 1919 – December 7, 2009) was an American politician from Maine and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.
Education and career
Born on July 11, 1919, in
United States representative
Coffin served as chairman of the Maine Democratic state committee from 1954 to 1956 and was elected as a Democrat to the United States House of Representatives in 1956. He was elected to the 85th and 86th Congresses, serving from January 3, 1957, until January 3, 1961. He did not seek re-election in the 1960 election, choosing instead to embark on an unsuccessful campaign for Governor of Maine.[2]
Federal judicial service
Coffin was nominated by President Lyndon B. Johnson on September 15, 1965, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit vacated by Judge John Patrick Hartigan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 1, 1965, and received his commission on October 2, 1965. He served as a board member of the Federal Judicial Center from 1971 to 1972. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1972 to 1983. He served as Chief Judge from 1972 to 1983. He assumed senior status on February 1, 1989. He took inactive senior status in the fall of 2006. His service terminated on December 7, 2009, due to his death.[1]
Death
Coffin died on December 7, 2009, at Maine Medical Center in Portland from complications following surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm.[3]
Publications
Coffin is the author of four books: Witness for AID (Houghton Mifflin 1964); The Ways of a Judge: Views from the Federal Appellate Bench (Houghton Mifflin 1980); A Lexicon of Oral Advocacy (National Institute of Trial Advocacy 1985); On Appeal: Courts, Lawyering and Judging (W.W. Norton 1994).[citation needed]
See also
References
- ^ a b Frank Morey Coffin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ United States Congress. "Frank M. Coffin (id: C000589)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Nashua Telegraph. Retrieved on December 8, 2009.
Sources
- United States Congress. "Frank M. Coffin (id: C000589)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.; retrieved February 6, 2008.
- Frank Morey Coffin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.