Franklin S. Billings Jr.

1922–2014 · Woodstock, VT

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of VermontJudgeRonald Reagan (Republican)Jun 15, 1984Death, Mar 9, 2014

Education

  • Harvard College, B.S., 1943
  • University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1947

Professional Career

British Eighth Army, Attached Sixth Armoured Division, 1943-1945; Private practice, Woodstock, Vermont, 1948-1966; Assistant secretary, Vermont Senate, 1949-1953; Judge, Hartford [Vermont] Municipal Court, 1955-1962; Executive clerk, Gov. Joseph Johnson, Vermont, 1955-1957; Secretary, Vermont Senate, 1957-1959; Secretary of civil and military affairs, Vermont, 1959-1960; State representative, Vermont, 1961-1965; speaker, 1963-1965; Member, Vermont Legislative Council, 1965-1966; Member, Governor's Commission on Crime Prevention and Control, Vermont, 1967-1972; Judge, Vermont Superior Court, 1966-1975; Justice, Vermont Supreme Court, 1975-1984; chief justice, 1983-1984

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