Joseph Lamb Bodine

Joseph Lamb Bodine
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
In office June 2, 1920 – March 31, 1929
Appointed by	Woodrow Wilson
Preceded by	John Warren Davis
Succeeded by	John Boyd Avis
Personal details
Born	Joseph Lamb Bodine (1883-11-06)November 6, 1883 Trenton, New Jersey
Died	June 10, 1950(1950-06-10) (aged 66) Trenton, New Jersey
Education	Princeton University (A.B.) Harvard Law School (LL.B.)

Joseph Lamb Bodine (November 6, 1883 – June 10, 1950) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Education and career

Born in Trenton, New Jersey, Bodine received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Princeton University in 1905 and a Bachelor of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1908. He was in private practice in Trenton from 1908 to 1919. He was United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey from 1919 to 1920.

Federal judicial service

On May 28, 1920, Bodine was nominated by President Woodrow Wilson to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey vacated by Judge John Warren Davis. Bodine was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 2, 1920, and received his commission the same day. Bodine served in that capacity until his resignation on March 31, 1929.

Later career and death

Following his resignation from the federal bench, Bodine took a seat as an Associate Justice of the New Jersey Supreme Court from 1929 to 1948. He died in Trenton on June 10, 1950.

Sources

• Joseph Lamb Bodine at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.