Potter Stewart
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Potter Stewart (1915 - 1985) was a justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He was nominated by Dwight D. Eisenhower. [1]
Education
- Yale University, B.A., 1937
- Yale Law School, LL.B., 1941 [1]
Professional career
- Henry Fellowship, Cambridge University, 1937-1938
- Private practice, New York City, 1941-1942
- U.S. Naval Reserve Lieutenant (j.g.), 1942-1945
- Private practice, New York City, 1945-1947
- Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1947-1954 [1]
Federal judicial career
Sixth Circuit
Stewart was nominated to the Sixth Circuit by Dwight D. Eisenhower on April 6, 1954. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 23, 1954, and received his commission on April 27th. His service ended on October 13, 1958, when he received a seat on the Supreme Court. [1]
Supreme Court
Justice Stewart received a recess appointment to the Supreme Court from Dwight D. Eisenhower on October 14, 1958. He was formally nominated on January 17, 1959. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 5, 1959, and received his commission on May 7th. He assumed senior status on July 3, 1981. Potter's service ended with his death on December 7, 1985. [1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Potter's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Xenophon Hicks |
Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals 1954–1958 |
Succeeded by: Lester Cecil |
| Preceded by: Harold Burton |
Supreme Court 1959–1985 |
Succeeded by: Sandra Day O'Connor |
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| 1953 |
Boldt • Bruchhausen • Cecil • Dawkins, Jr. • Grooms • Hamlin • Hoffman • Knoch • Schnackenberg • Warren • Willson | ||
| 1954 |
Aldrich • Anderson • Bastian • Bicks • Bootle • Boreman • Breitenstein • Brooks • Cecil • Chambers • Choate • Christensen • Connell • Danaher • Dawson • Day • Fee • Freeman • Halbert • Harlan • Hincks • Hoffman • Holder • Hunter • Ingraham • Laramore • Kent • Lemmon • Lord • McGarraghy • Mickelson • Miller • Palmieri • Parkinson • Rogers • Ross • Stewart • Taylor • Thomsen • Tuttle • Van Oosterhout • Vogel • Walsh • Whittaker • Wilson | ||
| 1955 |
Alger • Brown • Cameron • Clarke • Davies • Devitt • East • Estes • Grubb • Harlan • Jertberg • Jones • Lumbard • McIlvaine • Miller • Register • Sorg • Van Dusen • Waterman • Watkins • Wortendyke • Wright | ||
| 1956 |
Barnes • Bryan • Burger • Cashin • Hamley • Herlands • Johnson • Juergens • Kerr • Kraft • Levet • Lewis • Lieb • Mercer • Morgan • Rich • Rizley • Robinson • Smith • Sobeloff • Weick • Whittaker | ||
| 1957 |
Arraj • Breitenstein • Brennan • Egan • Gignoux • Grant • Hastings • Haynsworth • Hicklin • Jameson • Layton • Moore • O'Sullivan • Parkinson • Richardson • Sirica • Stanley • Thompson • Van Pelt • Weber • Whittaker • Wisdom • Zavatt | ||
| 1958 |
Beck • Burke • Carswell • Clayton • Hamlin • Henley • Jertberg • Knoch • Martin • Matthes • Miner • Morrill • Poos • Robson • Stanley • Steel • Stewart • Wollenberg | ||
| 1959 |
Aldrich • Bartels • Blackmun • Boreman • Butler • Castle • Cecil • Crocker • Dalton • Field • Fisher • Forman • Friendly • Hart • Henderson • Henley • Julian • Kalbfleisch • Kilkenny • Koelsch • Kunzel • MacMahon • Merrill • Metzner • Powell • Smith • Sweigert • Walsh • Weick • Weinman • Wood • Worley • Young | ||
| 1960 |
Caffrey • Chilson • Durfee • Hodge • Kaess • Lane • Lewis • Mishler • O'Sullivan • Paul • Smith • Stephenson • Tavares • Timbers | ||
