Thomas Walter Swan | |
Office: | Senior Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Term Start: | July 1, 1953 |
Term End: | July 13, 1975 |
Office1: | Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Term Start1: | 1951 |
Term End1: | 1953 |
Predecessor1: | Learned Hand |
Successor1: | Harrie B. Chase |
Office2: | Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit |
Term Start2: | December 22, 1926 |
Term End2: | July 1, 1953 |
Appointer2: | Calvin Coolidge |
Predecessor2: | Henry Wade Rogers |
Successor2: | Carroll C. Hincks |
Birth Name: | Thomas Walter Swan |
Birth Date: | 20 December 1877 |
Birth Place: | Norwich, Connecticut, U.S. |
Death Place: | New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
Education: | Yale University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
Thomas Walter Swan (December 20, 1877 – July 13, 1975) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Born in Norwich, Connecticut Swan received an B.A. degree from Yale University in 1900. He received a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1903. He was in private practice of law in Chicago, Illinois from 1903 to 1916. He was a lecturer in law at the University of Chicago from 1903 to 1904, and in 1908. He was Dean and Professor of Law at Yale Law School from 1916 to 1927.[1]
Swan was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on December 15, 1926, to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit vacated by Judge Henry Wade Rogers. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 22, 1926, and received his commission the same day. He served as Chief Judge and as a member of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1951 to 1953. He assumed senior status on July 1, 1953.
Upon the death of Judge Elijah Allen Cox on August 28, 1974, Swan became the last serving judge appointed by President Calvin Coolidge. He passed away on July 13, 1975 at his home in New Haven, Connecticut at the age of 97.[2] His service was terminated the same day, due to his death.
Notable decisions as sitting judge