Born: June 2, 1891
Laramie, Wyoming

Died: November 7, 1969
Alexandria, Virginia

Thurman Wesley Arnold

Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (now U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)

Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 11, 1943, to a seat vacated by Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on March 9, 1943, and received commission on March 11, 1943. Service terminated on July 9, 1945, due to resignation.

Education:

Princeton University, B.A., 1911
Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1914

Professional Career:

U.S. Army Lieutenant, Field Artillery,  -1919
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1914-1919
Private practice, Laramie, Wyoming, 1919-1927
State representative, Wyoming, 1921
Mayor, Laramie, Wyoming, 1923-1924
Lecturer, University of Wyoming, 1921-1926
Dean, West Virginia University College of Law, 1927-1930
Faculty, Yale University, 1930-1938; visiting professor, 1930-1931; professor of law, 1931-1938
Special assistant to general counsel, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933
Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of Justice, 1938-1943
Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1945-1969

University of Wyoming American Heritage Center, Laramie, Wyo

  • Papers, 1938-1942.
  • 779 items, 23 vols., and 7 folders; collection contains correspondence, memoranda, addresses, and other papers relating to Arnold’s service as assistant U.S. attorney general.
  • Constantine Peter Arnold papers, 1841-1943; ca. 22 cubic ft.; finding aid; correspondence.
  • Philo Clarke Calhoun papers, 1771-1964; 12.83 cubic ft.; finding aid; correspondence.
  • William McCullough papers, 1900-1968; 11.3 cubic ft. (19 boxes); correspondence concerning the Evalyn McLean estate.

Alabama Department of Archives and History, Montgomery, Ala.

  • Clifford Judkins Durr papers, 1899-1976; 16 cubic ft. (46 archives boxes, 1 oversize box, and 5 oversize folders); finding aid; correspondence

University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

  • Thomas Vernor Smith papers, 1934-1946; 5 ft.; correspondence.

Hagley Museum and Library, Wilmington, Del.

  • E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company records (Series II), 1765-1962; 530 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

  • Papers of Thomas Reed Powell, 1905-1955; 10 linear ft. (ca. 6,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.

Haverford College, Haverford, Pa.

  • Fred Rodell papers, 1931-1974; ca. 350 items in 2 boxes; correspondence.

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

  • Thomas Swann Harding papers, 1921-1959; ca. 3 ft. (1,800 items); correspondence.
  • Robert Houghwout Jackson papers, 1816-1983; 110 linear ft.; finding aid; restricted; correspondence.

University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, Mich.

  • Blair Moody papers, 1928-1954; 31 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.
  • Frank Murphy papers, 1908-1949; 106 linear ft., 39 vols., and 2 oversize folders; finding aid; restricted; correspondence.

West Virginia University, Morgantown, W. Va.

  • West Virginia State Board of Control correspondence, 1909-1949; 102 ft.; correspondence.

State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

  • William Kirsch papers, 1921-1954; 3.7 cubic ft.; correspondence.

Yale University Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, New Haven, Conn.

  • Usher L. Burdick papers, 1945-1972; .75 linear ft.; correspondence.
  • Matthew Josephson papers, 1917-1979; 8.5 linear ft.; finding aid; restricted; correspondence.

Yale University Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, Conn.

  • Alfred Mitchell Bingham and the Common Sense collection, 1920-1975; 33 linear ft. (53 boxes, 2 folios, 1 vol.); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Edwin Montefiore Borchard papers, 1910-1950; 61 linear ft. (148 boxes); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Charles Edward Clark papers, 1907-1967; 56 linear ft. (140 boxes, 1 folio); finding aid; correspondence.
  • Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972; 104.25 linear ft. (218 boxes, 1 folio, 1 vol.); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • John Punnett Peters papers, 1909-1981; 13.25 linear ft. (34 boxes); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
Judges of the D.C. Circuit Courts