Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Francis Ryan Duffy, Senator from Wisconsin

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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
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Photos William Gregory Hayden
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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]
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Sources - [S2439] Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress.
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- [S2439] Biographical Dictionary of the United States Congress.