Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Francis Ryan Duffy, Senator from Wisconsin
1888 - 1979 (91 years)
Generation: 1
1. Francis Ryan Duffy, Senator from Wisconsin was born on 23 Jun 1888 in Fon du Lac County, Wisconsin (son of Francis Fee Duffy and Hattie Ryan); died on 16 Aug 1979 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Fun du Lac, Wisconsin. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 16 Sep 1979
Notes:
"DUFFY, FRANCIS RYAN, a Senator from Wisconsin; born in Fond du Lac, Fond du Lac County, Wis., June 23, 1888; attended the public schools; graduated from the University of Wisconsin at Madison, in 1910 and from its law department in 1912; admitted to the bar in 1912 and commenced practice in Fond du Lac, Wis.; during the First World War served in the United States Army 1917-1919, attaining the rank of major; resumed the practice of law in Fond du Lac, Wis.; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1933, to January 3, 1939; unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1938; again resumed the practice of law before becoming United States district judge for the eastern district of Wisconsin, serving from 1939 to 1949, when he qualified as a United States circuit judge of the court of appeals for the seventh circuit, becoming chief judge in 1954, serving until 1959; retired as a full-time member of the court in 1966 and assumed the status of senior judge and continued to hear cases for several more years; died in Milwaukee, Wis., August 16, 1979; interment in Calvary Cemetery, Fond du Lac, Wis." [Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, citation details below]
Francis married Annie Louise Haydon on 26 Jan 1918 in St. Dominic's, Springfield, Marion, Kentucky. Annie (daughter of George Lloyd Haydon and Mary Florence Robertson) was born on 31 Oct 1891 in Springfield, Marion, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Francis Fee Duffy Francis married Hattie Ryan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Hattie Ryan Children:
- 1. Francis Ryan Duffy, Senator from Wisconsin was born on 23 Jun 1888 in Fon du Lac County, Wisconsin; died on 16 Aug 1979 in Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Fun du Lac, Wisconsin.