Francis W. Sullivan
American judge (1894–1967)
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Francis William Sullivan[1] (July 15, 1894 – January 7, 1967)[2] of Portland, Maine, was a justice of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court from October 4, 1956 to July 10, 1965.[3]
Born in Portland, Sullivan graduated from Portland High School. He later studied at College of the Holy Cross, before graduating from Georgetown University, University of Pennsylvania, and Harvard Law School.[2][4] During World War I, he served as an intelligence officer in the United States Army.[4]
After graduating from Harvard, he went into private practice, before being appointed to the Maine Superior Court in 1949 by Governor Frederick G. Payne.[5] A Roman Catholic, He and his wife had a private audience with Pope Pius XII in 1950.[2] Sullivan was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1956 by Governor Edmund Muskie.[5] He was the first Roman Catholic member of the Republican Party to be appointed to the court.[2] In 1957, he proposed a substantial revision of the Maine Rules of Civil Procedure, which was adopted by the state legislature in 1959.[2]
Sullivan died at Mercy Hospital in Portland at the age of 72.[2]
