William Rehnquist
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William Hubbs Rehnquist was a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President Ronald Reagan nominated Justice Rehnquist to the position of Chief Justice after the retirement of Warren Burger, and he was confirmed in 1986. Rehnquist served as the Supreme Court's sixteenth Chief Justice from 1986 till his death in 2005. [1]
Early life
Rehnquist grew up in the Milwaukee North Shore suburb of Shorewood. Rehnquist enjoyed a relatively undistinguished childhood in his middle-class suburban home of Shorewood. Rehnquist was the son of a paper salesman and grew up in a heavily conservative household. During his youth, popular Republican leaders such as Alf Landon, Wendell Wilkie, and Herbert Hoover were idolized. World War II erupted before Rehnquist had a chance to complete his education and the future chief justice enlisted in the Air Force branch of the army as a weather observer. He served in North Africa. [2]
Education
- Stanford University, B.A., 1948
- Stanford University, M.A., 1948
- Harvard University, M.A., 1949
- Stanford Law School, LL.B, 1952 [1]
Professional career
- U.S. Army Air Corps Soldier, 1943-1946
- Law clerk, Justice Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States, 1952-1953
- Private practice, Phoenix, Arizona, 1953-1969
- Assistant U.S. attorney general, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 1969-1971 [1]
See also
External links
- www.cfif.org Remembering Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist
- New York Times: Chief Justice Rehnquist Dies at 80 September 4, 2005
- Who2 Biography of William Rehnquist
- Wikipedia article on William Rehnquist
- New York Times: PRESIDENT ASSERTS HE WILL WITHHOLD REHNQUIST MEMOS August 1, 1986
- Slate: Rehnquist's Drug Habit Sept. 9, 2005
- William Hubbs Rehnquist, Sergeant in United States Army Air Corps, Chief Justice of the United States
- Dictionary of WI History: Rehnquist, William H., 1924-2005
- Justice Rehnquist's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Meet The William Rehnquist You Didn’t Know
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: John Harlan II | Supreme Court, Associate Justice 1971–1986 | Succeeded by: Antonin Scalia |
| Preceded by: Warren Burger | Supreme Court, Chief Justice 1986–2005 | Succeeded by: John G. Roberts |
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| 1969 |
Adams • Barlow • Battin • Brooks • Burger • Carswell • Clark • Garth • Gibbons • Goodwin • Hannum • Herman • Ingraham • Kilkenny • Lane • Levin • MacKinnon • McFadden • Middlebrooks • Parker • Robb • Trask • Widener • Wilkins • Williams • Wright | ||
| 1970 |
Becker • Blackmun • Bogue • Bratcher • Bue • Conti • Cox • Ditter • Dupree • Eisele • Engel • Fay • Feikens • Fisher • Frey • Gorbey • Hill • Huyett • Kelleher • Kennedy • Kent • King • Kitchen • Knapp • Knox • Krupansky • McCune • McGarr • McWilliams • Mechem • J. Miller • W. Miller • Morton • Moye • Muir • O'Kelley • Oakes • Pell • Pointer • Pratt • Roney • Rosenn • Ross • Schnacke • Scott • Stapleton • Steger • Stevens • Teitelbaum • Thompson • Tjoflat • Toledo • Turrentine • Urbom • VanArtsdalen • Walinski • Wallace • Wangelin • Webster • Weis • Wellford • Wilkey • Winner • Wood | ||
| 1971 |
Alaimo • Allen • A. Anderson • J. Anderson • Barrett • Bauer • Bauman • Benson • Blair • Blatt • Boe • Brieant • Broderick • Bryan Jr. • Byrne • Campbell • Chapman • Choy • Contie • Costantino • DeMascio • Denney • Dier • Doyle • Field • Finesilver • Flannery • Freeman • Gagliardi • Goodwin • Gordon • Green • Gurfein • Hall • Hand • Hodges • Holden • Hunter • Kunzig • Lacey • Lucas • Lydick • Mansfield • McGovern • McLaren • McMillen • Mulligan • Murray • Neaher • Newcomer • Newman • Nielsen • O'Connor • Oakes • Pierce • Powell • Rehnquist • Renfrew • Richey • Rosen • Rubin • Russell • Scalera • Sharp • Sprecher • Stephenson • Stuart • Timbers • Tone • Sickle • Varner • R. West • Williams • Young | ||
| 1972 |
Bechtle • Bennett • Burns • Campbell • Carter • Coffrin • Duffy • Enright • Foreman • Freedman • Griesa • Hermansdorfer • Joiner • Kashiwa • King • Knapp • Lively • Mahon • Markey • Neill • Owens • Pesquera • Roettger • Skopil, Jr. • Stewart • Tauro • Turk • Wallace • H. Ward • R. Ward • Widener | ||
| 1973 |
Biunno • Conner • Engel • Fogel • Garth • Gee • Guin • Hancock • Harvey • Marshall • Miller • Nangle • Owen • Reed • Schatz • Sharp • Skinner • Sneed • Snyder • Stern • Webster • Weis • Wood | ||
| 1974 |
Alsop • Duncan • Firth • Gurfein • Hill • Matsch • McGlynn • Meanor • Miles • Morris • Orrick • Platt • Porter • Schwartz • Stagg • Tone • Voorhees • Warren • Warriner • Werker | ||

