| William W. Caldwell | |
| Office: | Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |
| Term Start: | May 31, 1994 |
| Term End: | May 19, 2019 |
| Office1: | Judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania |
| Term Start1: | March 19, 1982 |
| Term End1: | May 31, 1994 |
| Appointer1: | Ronald Reagan |
| Predecessor1: | Robert Dixon Herman |
| Successor1: | James Martin Munley |
| Birth Name: | William Wilson Caldwell II[1] |
| Birth Date: | 10 November 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Education: | Dickinson College (AB, LLB) |
| Unit: | United States Army Air Forces |
| Battles: | World War II |
William Wilson Caldwell II (November 10, 1925 – May 19, 2019) was an American attorney and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania,[2] Caldwell served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II from 1944 to 1945. He received an Artium Baccalaureus from Dickinson College in 1948 and a Bachelor of Laws from the Dickinson School of Law in 1951.
Caldwell worked in private practice in Harrisburg from 1951 to 1970. He was also a first assistant district attorney for Dauphin County, Pennsylvania from 1960 to 1962, and was a counsel and chairman of the Pennsylvania Board of Arbitration of Claims from 1963 to 1970. He was then a judge of the Dauphin County Common Pleas Court from 1970 to 1982.[3]
On February 19, 1982, Caldwell was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania vacated by Judge Robert Dixon Herman. Caldwell was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 18, 1982, and received his commission on March 19, 1982. He assumed senior status on May 31, 1994, and died on May 19, 2019.[4] [5]