Francis Ryan Duffy, Senator from Wisconsin

1888 - 1979  (91 years)

• Name	Francis Ryan Duffy
  Suffix	Senator from Wisconsin
  Birth	23 Jun 1888	Fon du Lac County, Wisconsin   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	16 Aug 1979	Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin   [1]
  Alternate death	16 Sep 1979  [3]
  Burial	Calvary Cemetery, Fun du Lac, Wisconsin   [1]
  Person ID	I7254	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	1 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Francis Fee Duffy
  Mother	Hattie Ryan
  Family ID	F4291	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Annie Louise Haydon,   b. 31 Oct 1891, Springfield, Marion, Kentucky
  Marriage	26 Jan 1918	St. Dominic's, Springfield, Marion, Kentucky   [3]
  Family ID	F4286	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Oct 2020

  
  

• Photos

  William Gregory Hayden

  
  

• 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]

  
  

• Sources

  [S2439] Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995., date only. [S312] John Medley (1615-1660), St. Mary's County Maryland, His Descendants, by Mary Louise Donnelly. Ennis, Texas: Mary Louise Donnelly, 1995.