James Byrnes
| James Byrnes | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #4 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Active: | 6/25/1941 - 10/3/1942 |
| Preceded by: | James Clark McReynolds |
| Succeeded by: | Wiley Rutledge |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | May 2, 1879 |
| Home State: | Charleston, SC |
| Deceased: | April 9, 1972 |
| Law School: | Read law, 1903 |
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Early life and education
Professional career
- Official court reporter, 2nd Circuit Court of South Carolina, 1900-1908
- Editor, Aiken Journal and Review, Aiken, South Carolina, 1903-1907
- Solicitor, 2nd Judicial Circuit of South Carolina, 1908-1910
- U.S. Representative from South Carolina, 1911-1925
- Private practice, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1925-1931
- U.S. Senator from South Carolina, 1931-1941
- U.S. Director of Economic Stabilization, 1942-1943
- Chairman, U.S. War Mobilization Board, 1943-1945
- U.S. Secretary of State, 1945-1947
- Private practice, Washington, DC, 1947-19
- State Governor, South Carolina, 1951-1955 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
Justice Byrnes was nominated to the Supreme Court of the United States by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to a seat vacated by James Clark McReynolds. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 1941 and received his commission on June 25, 1941. Byrnes resigned from the court on October 3, 1942. [1] He was succeeded to this post by Wiley Rutledge.
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justice Byrnes Profile from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: James Clark McReynolds |
Supreme Court 1941–1942 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Wiley Rutledge |
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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 | |||
