Wednesday: Judgepedia's "Federal Courts, Empty Benches" Update →Harlan Fiske Stone
| Harlan Fiske Stone | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Chief Justice |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Active: | 7/3/1941 - 4/22/1946 |
| Preceded by: | Charles Evans Hughes |
| Succeeded by: | Frederick Vinson |
| Past post: | Supreme Court, Associate Justice |
| Past term: | 2/5/1925 - 7/3/1941 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | October 11, 1872 |
| Home State: | Chesterfield, NH |
| Deceased: | April 22, 1946 |
| Bachelors: | Amherst College, B.A., 1894 |
| Law School: | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1898 |
| Grad. School: | Amherst College, M.A., 1897 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- Amherst College, B.A., 1894
- Amherst College, M.A., 1897
- Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1898 [1]
Professional career
- Faculty, Columbia Law School, 1898-1905
- Clerk, private law firms, New York City, 1898-1899
- Private practice, New York City, 1905-1910
- Professor and dean, Columbia Law School, 1906
- Dean, Columbia Law School, 1910-1923
- Attorney General of the United States, 1924 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
Chief justice
He was nominated by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt on June 12, 1941 to replace Charles Evans Hughes. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 27th, and received commission on July 3rd. He served until his death on April 22, 1946.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Frederick Vinson.
Associate justice
Before obtaining the position of Chief Justice, Stone served for nearly 16 years as a Supreme Court Associate Justice. He was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge on January 5, 1925 to replace Joseph McKenna. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1925, and received commission that same day.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Robert Jackson.
See also
External links
- Biography from "michaelariens.com". (Michael Ariens is a Law Professor)
- Biography from the Supreme Court Historical Society
- Biography from Oyez: U.S. Supreme Court Media.
- Article from "About.com".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Justice Stone's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Joseph McKenna |
Supreme Court 1925–1941 |
Succeeded by: Robert Jackson |
| Preceded by: Charles Evans Hughes |
Supreme Court 1941–1946 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Frederick Vinson |
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| 1923 | |||
| 1924 |
Boynton • Davis • Dawkins, Sr. • Graham • Hand • Jones • Kennamer • Kerrigan • Martin • McCormick • Moorman • Pray • Young | ||
| 1925 |
A. Anderson • H. Anderson • Baltzell • Beattie • Booth • Burns • Clark • Dawson • Foster • Henning • Hough • Johnson • McCamant • Meekins • Molyneaux • Moorman • Moscowitz • Otis • Parker • Raymond • Sanborn • Slick • St. Sure • Stone • Thacher • Van Valkenburgh | ||
| 1926 | |||
| 1927 |
Adler • Bryant • F. Coleman • W. Coleman • Hand • Hayes • Kirkpatrick • Letts • McNary • Moinet • Northcott • Tilson • Wham | ||
| 1928 |
Borah • Burrows • Cline • Cotteral • Deaver • Dewey • Gordon • Green • Hahn • Hickenlooper • Hicks • Louderback • Martineau • McCarthy • McDermott • McVicar • Norcross • Sinnott • Taylor • Tilson • Vaught • West | ||
| 1929 |
Akerman • Chase • Cox • Fake • Garrett • Nevin • Ritter • Woodward | ||
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1933 |
Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough | ||
| 1934 |
Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan | ||
| 1935 |
Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich | ||
| 1936 |
Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood | ||
| 1937 |
Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche | ||
| 1938 |
Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed | ||
| 1939 |
Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin | ||
| 1940 |
Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller | ||
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| 1941 |
Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski | ||
| 1942 |
Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney | ||
| 1943 |
Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller | ||
| 1944 |
Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw | ||
| 1945 | |||
