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[[Judge]] '''John Francis Gerry''' (1926 – March 10, 1995) was the chief [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] on the [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]] for seven years and a former top official of the policy-making arm of the Federal bench.
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'''John Francis Gerry''' (November 17, 1925 – March 10, 1995) was a [[United States federal judge|United States district judge]] of the [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]].
Judge Gerry, who was born and raised in [[Mount Holly Township, New Jersey]], stepped down as the state's chief judge in October 1994, as a senior member of the system. In 1974, he was appointed to the bench by [[United States President]] [[Gerald R. Ford]] after serving for two years as a judge on the [[Camden County Superior Court]] and [[New Jersey Superior Court|State Superior Court]].


==Education and career==
From January 1992 until he left the chief judgeship, he was also the chairman of the [[executive committee]] of the [[Judicial Conference of the United States]]. The conference, which administers the Federal courts, was headed by [[William H. Rehnquist]], the former [[Chief Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]].


Born in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], [[New Jersey]], Gerry received an [[Bachelor of Arts|Artium Baccalaureus]] degree, [[magna cum laude]], from [[Princeton University]] in 1950. He received a [[Bachelor of Laws]], magna cum laude, from [[Harvard Law School]] in 1953. He was in the [[United States Army Air Corps]] from 1944 to 1946. He was in private practice of law with the firm of Wallace, Douglass & Gerry in Camden from 1953 to 1972. He was a judge of the Camden County Court from 1972 to 1973. He was a judge to the [[New Jersey Superior Court|Superior Court of New Jersey]] from 1973 to 1975.<ref name="auto">{{FJC Bio|835|nid=1381121|name=John Francis Gerry<!--(1925–1995)-->}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{cite news |author=Lynette Holloway |author-link=Lynette Holloway |title=John F. Gerry, 69, Chief Judge Of Federal Court in New Jersey |url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D8123DF931A25750C0A963958260 |quote=John Francis Gerry, the chief United States district judge in New Jersey for seven years and a former top official of the policy-making arm of the Federal bench, died on Friday at his home in Moorestown, N.J. He was 69. The cause was liver cancer, said his wife, Jean G. Gerry. ... |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=March 12, 1995 |accessdate=2013-12-23 }}</ref>
Judge Gerry enlisted in [[World War II]] in 1944 while in his senior year in high school, and he served in the Pacific Theater as a noncommissioned officer in the [[United States Army Air Forces]] from 1944 to 1946.


==Federal judicial service==
He returned from the war, enrolled at [[Princeton University]] in 1946 and graduated [[magna cum laude]] in 1950. He attended [[Harvard Law School]], from which he graduated [[magna cum laude]] in 1953 with his [[Juris Doctor|J.D.]].


Gerry was nominated by President [[Gerald Ford]] on November 18, 1974, to a seat on the [[United States District Court for the District of New Jersey]] vacated by Judge [[James Aloysius Coolahan]]. He was confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] on December 18, 1974, and received his commission on December 20, 1974. He served as Chief Judge from 1987 to 1994. He was a member of the [[Judicial Conference of the United States]] from 1990 to 1994 and chairman of the executive committee of the conference from 1992 to 1994. He assumed [[senior status]] on October 1, 1994.<ref name="auto"/> His service was terminated on March 10, 1995, due to his death of [[liver cancer]] in his home in [[Moorestown Township, New Jersey|Moorestown Township]], New Jersey.<ref name="auto1"/>
He was a partner for 17 years in the firm of Wallace, Douglass & Gerry in [[Camden, New Jersey|Camden]], handling mostly civil and corporate law cases, until leaving in 1972 for the bench.

Gerry died March 10, 1995 in his home in [[Moorestown Township, New Jersey]].<ref>Holloway, Lynette. [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D8123DF931A25750C0A963958260 "John F. Gerry, 69, Chief Judge Of Federal Court in New Jersey"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', March 12, 1995. Accessed December 12, 2007.</ref>


==References==
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==References==
==Further reading==
* {{FJC Bio|835|nid=1381121|name=John Francis Gerry<!--(1925–1995)-->}}
*[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE5D8123DF931A25750C0A963958260 John F. Gerry obituary] in the New York Times
*[http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html John F. Gerry] The Political Graveyard, a database of historic cemeteries
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/gerry.html John F. Gerry] The Political Graveyard, a database of historic cemeteries


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Latest revision as of 20:14, 17 March 2024

John Francis Gerry
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
October 1, 1994 – March 10, 1995
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
1987–1994
Preceded byClarkson Sherman Fisher
Succeeded byAnne Elise Thompson
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office
December 20, 1974 – October 1, 1994
Appointed byGerald Ford
Preceded byJames Aloysius Coolahan
Succeeded byJoseph A. Greenaway Jr.
Personal details
Born
John Francis Gerry

(1925-11-17)November 17, 1925
Camden, New Jersey
DiedMarch 10, 1995(1995-03-10) (aged 69)
Moorestown Township, New Jersey
EducationPrinceton University (A.B.)
Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

John Francis Gerry (November 17, 1925 – March 10, 1995) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career

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Born in Camden, New Jersey, Gerry received an Artium Baccalaureus degree, magna cum laude, from Princeton University in 1950. He received a Bachelor of Laws, magna cum laude, from Harvard Law School in 1953. He was in the United States Army Air Corps from 1944 to 1946. He was in private practice of law with the firm of Wallace, Douglass & Gerry in Camden from 1953 to 1972. He was a judge of the Camden County Court from 1972 to 1973. He was a judge to the Superior Court of New Jersey from 1973 to 1975.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

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Gerry was nominated by President Gerald Ford on November 18, 1974, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge James Aloysius Coolahan. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 18, 1974, and received his commission on December 20, 1974. He served as Chief Judge from 1987 to 1994. He was a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1990 to 1994 and chairman of the executive committee of the conference from 1992 to 1994. He assumed senior status on October 1, 1994.[1] His service was terminated on March 10, 1995, due to his death of liver cancer in his home in Moorestown Township, New Jersey.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b John Francis Gerry at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  2. ^ a b Lynette Holloway (March 12, 1995). "John F. Gerry, 69, Chief Judge Of Federal Court in New Jersey". New York Times. Retrieved 2013-12-23. John Francis Gerry, the chief United States district judge in New Jersey for seven years and a former top official of the policy-making arm of the Federal bench, died on Friday at his home in Moorestown, N.J. He was 69. The cause was liver cancer, said his wife, Jean G. Gerry. ...

Further reading

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Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1974–1994 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
1987–1994 		Succeeded by
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