Herbert F. Travers Jr.

{{short description|American judge}}

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| name = Herbert F. Travers Jr.

| birth_date = {{birth date|1928|5|8}}

| birth_place = Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2013|12|26|1928|5|8}}

| death_place = Barnstable, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| alma_mater = College of the Holy Cross (BA)
Georgetown University (LLB)

| title = United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts

| term_start = 1969

| term_end = 1971

| predecessor = Paul F. Markham

| successor = James N. Gabriel

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Herbert F. Travers Jr. (May 8, 1928 – December 26, 2013) was an American attorney and judge who served as the United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1971 and later served as a Massachusetts Superior Court judge.{{cite web|title=Travers, Herbert F., Jr.|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/traeger-travia.html|work=PoliticalGraveyard.com|accessdate=4 September 2011}}{{cite web|title=Judge Profile:Herbert F. Travers, Jr.|url=http://www.martindale.com/Herbert-F-Travers-Jr/664862-lawyer.htm|work=martindale.com|publisher=LexisNexis, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc.|accessdate=4 September 2011}} Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, in 1928,{{cite book|title=The American Bench|date=1997|publisher=Reginald Bishop Forster & Associates|isbn=9780931398377|issn=0160-2578|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ydRFAQAAIAAJ|accessdate=22 February 2015}} Travers died on December 26, 2013, in Barnstable, Massachusetts.{{cite news|title=Honorable Herbert F. Travers Jr.|url=http://www.telegram.com/article/20131227/OBIT/312270312/-1/mobile08&TEMPLATE=MOBILE|accessdate=27 December 2013|newspaper=Telegram & Gazette|date=December 27, 2013}}