Harry Ellis Kalodner

Harry Ellis Kalodner
Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office October 3, 1969 – March 15, 1977
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office 1965–1966
Preceded by	John Biggs Jr.
Succeeded by	Austin Leander Staley
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
In office July 27, 1946 – October 3, 1969
Appointed by	Harry S. Truman
Preceded by	Charles Alvin Jones
Succeeded by	Arlin Adams
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
In office July 6, 1938 – September 3, 1946
Appointed by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Albert Branson Maris
Succeeded by	James P. McGranery
Pennsylvania Secretary of Revenue
In office 1935 – January 6, 1936
Governor	George Howard Earle III
Preceded by	H. Edgar Barnes
Succeeded by	Jack Kelly
Personal details
Born	Harry Ellis Kalodner (1896-03-28)March 28, 1896 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Died	March 15, 1977(1977-03-15) (aged 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Education	University of Pennsylvania Law School (LLB)

Harry Ellis Kalodner (March 28, 1896 – March 15, 1977) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Education and career

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Kalodner received a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1917. During the World War I era, he served from September 1918 to April 1919 and was a private in the United States Army Judge Advocate General's Department.[1][2] He was in private practice in Philadelphia from 1917 to 1935. He was a staff member for the Philadelphia North American from 1919 to 1925. He was financial and political editor for The Philadelphia Record from 1928 to 1934. He was Pennsylvania secretary of revenue in 1935. He was a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania from 1936 to 1937.[3]

Federal judicial service

Kalodner received a recess appointment from President Franklin D. Roosevelt on July 6, 1938, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Albert Branson Maris. He was nominated to the same position by President Roosevelt on January 5, 1939. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 30, 1939, and received his commission on May 4, 1939. His service terminated on September 3, 1946, due to his elevation to the Third Circuit.[3]

Kalodner was nominated by President Harry S. Truman on May 21, 1946, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit vacated by Judge Charles Alvin Jones. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 25, 1946, and received his commission on July 27, 1946. He served as Chief Judge from 1965 to 1966. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States in 1966. He assumed senior status on October 3, 1969. His service terminated on March 15, 1977, due to his death in Philadelphia.[3]

See also

• List of Jewish American jurists

References

1. "U.S. Veterans Bureau Form 7202 Index Card", "United States Government, Veterans Administration Master Index, 1917-1940" database, National Archives and Records Administration, St. Louis, Missouri, available through FamilySearch. Note: information listed on 7202 Index Card is "Rct 2 Rct Co Pvt JAGD".
2. "Index Record for Harry Kalodner (1896) Veterans Affairs Beneficiary Identification Records Locator Subsystem Death File", Fold3 by Ancestry.com website. Retrieved November 15, 2022. Enlistment Date is listed as "23 Sep 1918" and Release Date is listed as "25 Apr 1919".
3. Harry Ellis Kalodner at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

• Harry Ellis Kalodner at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Albert Branson Maris	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1938–1946	Succeeded by James P. McGranery
Preceded by Charles Alvin Jones	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1946–1969	Succeeded by Arlin Adams
Preceded by John Biggs Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 1965–1966	Succeeded by Austin Leander Staley