Oliver Wendell Holmes
| Oliver Wendell Holmes | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #3 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Theodore Roosevelt |
| Active: | 12/4/1902 - 1/12/1932 |
| Preceded by: | Horace Gray |
| Succeeded by: | Benjamin Nathan Cardozo |
| Past post: | Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court |
| Past chief: | 1899-1902 |
| Past term: | 1882-1902 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | March 8, 1841 |
| Home State: | Boston, MA |
| Deceased: | March 6, 1935 |
| Undergraduate: | Harvard, A.B., 1861 |
| Law School: | Harvard Law, LL.B., 1866 |
| Military service: | U.S. Army, 1861-1864 |
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Early life and education
Military service
- U.S. Army Lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, 1861-1864 [1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1867-1882
- Instructor in constitutional law, Harvard College, 1870-1871
- Editor, American Law Review, 1870-1873
- Lecturer on common law, Lowell Institute, 1880
- Weld professor of law, Harvard Law School, 1882
- Associate justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1882-1899
- Chief justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1899-1902 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
He received a recess appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt on August 11, 1902 to fill a seat vacated by Horace Gray. He was nominated on December 2nd of that same year. On December 4, 1902 he was confirmed by the Senate and received commission. He retired on January 12, 1932.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Benjamin Nathan Cardozo.
Judicial philosophy
Quotes
"Whatever disagreement there may be as to the scope of the phrase "due process of law" there can be no doubt that it embraces the fundamental conception of a fair trial, with opportunity to be heard." -- Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., also known as "The Great Dissenter" Source: Frank v. Magnum, 1915
See also
External links
- Biography from The Supreme Court Historical Society.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Justice Holmes' Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Horace Gray |
Supreme Court 1902–1932 Seat #3 |
Succeeded by: Benjamin Nathan Cardozo |
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
