Frank Henry Kerrigan

Frank Henry Kerrigan (September 17, 1868–February 9, 1935) was a United States federal judge.

Born in Contra Costa County, California, Kerrigan read law to enter the bar in 1889. He was in private practice in California from 1890 to 1900. He was a justice of the peace in San Francisco, California from 1894 to 1900. He was a judge of the California Superior Court from 1900 to 1906. He was an Associate Justice of the California District Court of Appeals from 1906 to 1922. He was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1923 to 1924.

Kerrigan was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Kerrigan was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 21, 1924, to a seat vacated by William C. Van Fleet. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on January 28, 1924, and received his commission the same day. Kerrigan died in office on February 9, 1935.

Sources

• Frank Henry Kerrigan at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.