John Percy Nields

Personal

Birthday: 
8/7/1868
Birthplace: 
Wilmington, DE
Date of Death: 
8/26/1943
Place of Death: 
Nahant, MA
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Wilmington, Delaware, 1892-1903, 1916-1930
U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware, 1903-1916
U.S. Army captain, Ordnance Department, 1918

Education

Name of School: 
Harvard University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1889
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Second: 
1892

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, District of Delaware
Court Name: 

Delaware District Court

President Nominating: 
Herbert Hoover
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
7/3/1930
Retirement from Active Service: 
9/30/1941
Termination Date: 
8/26/1943
Termination Reason: 
Death