William Douglas
| William Douglas | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Supreme Court of the United States | |
| Title: | Former Justice |
| Position: | Seat #5 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
| Active: | 4/15/1939 - 11/12/1975 |
| Senior: | 11/12/1975 - 1/19/1980 |
| Preceded by: | Louis Dembitz Brandeis |
| Succeeded by: | John Paul Stevens |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | October 16, 1898 |
| Home State: | Maine, MN |
| Deceased: | January 19, 1980 |
| Bachelors: | Whitman College, A.B., 1920 |
| Law School: | Columbia Law, LL.B., 1925 |
Contents |
Early life and education
- Whitman College, A.B., 1920
- Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1925 [1]
Professional career
- Private practice, New York City, 1925-1926
- Assistant professor of law, Columbia Law School, 1926-1928
- Sterling professor of law, Yale Law School, 1928-1936
- Director, Securities and Exchange Commission Protective Study Committee, 1934-1936
- Commissioner, Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-1939
- Chairman, 1937-1939 [1]
Judicial career
Supreme Court of the United States
He was nominated by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 20, 1939 to replace Louis Dembitz Brandeis. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 4th, and received commission on April 15th. On November 12, 1975, he assumed senior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death on January 19, 1980.[1] He was succeeded to this post by John Paul Stevens.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Justice Douglas' Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Louis Dembitz Brandeis |
Supreme Court 1939–1975 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: John Paul Stevens |
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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 | |||
