James Patrick McGranery

Personal

Birthday: 
7/8/1895
Birthplace: 
Philadelphia, PA
Date of Death: 
12/23/1962
Place of Death: 
Palm Beach, FL
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

U.S. Army observation pilot, Air Corps, 1917-1919
Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1928-1937
U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, 1937-1943
Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States, 1943-1946
Attorney General of the United States, 1952-1953
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1954-

Education

Name of School: 

Temple University Beasley School of Law

At Temple, we believe that some things just have to be learned by doing. You can't learn to ride a bicycle by reading a manual, you can't learn how to be a lawyer by watching even the best of lawyers, and you can't improve if mistakes are only imagined. At Temple, students don't just read, watch, or imagine. They do that and more-they do the work of attorneys. It sounds simple but it works. Temple University's Beasley School of Law offers a different kind of law school experience: a Real World, Real Law experience that incorporates academic and practical applications of legal study into rigorous classroom experiences.

Degree: 
LL.B.
Degree Year: 
1928

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
U. S. District Court, Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Court Name: 

Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

President Nominating: 
Harry S Truman
Party Affiliation of President: 
Democratic
Commission Date: 
8/7/1946
Termination Date: 
5/26/1952
Termination Reason: 
Resignation