James Francis Smith

1859–1928 · San Francisco, CA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. Court of Customs Appeals (later U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals)Associate JudgeWilliam H. Taft (Republican)Mar 30, 1910Death, Jun 29, 1928

Education

  • University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)
  • Santa Clara College (now Santa Clara University), B.S., 1877
  • Santa Clara College (now Santa Clara University), B.A., M.A., 1878

Professional Career

Private practice, California, 1881-1898; U.S. Army, 1898-1901; Collector of customs for the Philippine Archipelago, Manila, 1900-1901; Secretary of public instruction, U.S. Philippine Commission, 1903-1906; Vice governor, Philippine Islands, 1906; Governor general, Philippine Islands, 1906-1909; Private practice, 1909-1910

Other Federal Judicial Service

  • Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands, 1901-1903

Opinions on This Site

1 opinion from 1900 to 1900

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