Harold Maurice Kennedy
Harold Maurice Kennedy (August 6, 1895 – July 1, 1971) was a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Born in Brooklyn, New York, Judge Kennedy received an A.B. from the College of the City of New York in 1917, an LL.B. from Brooklyn Law School in 1924 and a J.D. from Brooklyn Law School in 1925. He was United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1939 to 1944.
He was nominated to the court by Franklin D. Roosevelt on September 1, 1944, to a seat vacated by Marcus B. Campbell, confirmed by the United States Senate on September 20, 1944, and received his commission on September 22, 1944. His service terminated on September 30, 1952, due to resignation.
Kennedy died July 1, 1971, in New York City, New York.
Sources
- Harold Maurice Kennedy at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
- United States district court judges appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt
- 20th-century American judges
- 1895 births
- 1971 deaths
- Brooklyn Law School alumni
- City College of New York alumni
- United States Attorneys for the Eastern District of New York
- United States judge stubs