Peter Woodbury

Peter Woodbury (October 24, 1899 – November 17, 1970) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Biography Woodbury was born in Bedford, New Hampshire. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Harvard University in 1924. He attended Columbia Law School before transferring to Harvard. He received a Bachelor of Laws degree from Harvard Law School in 1927. He was in the United States Army Private First Class, 27th Army Division from 1918 to 1919. He was in private practice of law in Manchester, New Hampshire, from 1927 until the early 1930s. He was a Selectman, Bedford, New Hampshire from 1928 to 1931. He was a Justice, Bedford Municipal Court, New Hampshire from 1928 to 1932. He was an Associate Justice, New Hampshire Superior Court from 1932 to 1933. He was an Associate Justice, New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1933 to 1941. Federal judicial service