Entry
Entries A-Z
Subject index
John Marshall Harlan II
Birth: May 20, 1899, Chicago, Illinois.
Education: Princeton University, B.A., 1920; Rhodes scholar, Oxford University, Balliol College, B.A. in jurisprudence, 1923; New York Law School, LL.B., 1924.
Official Positions: Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of New York, 1925–1927; special assistant attorney general, New York, 1928–1930; chief counsel, New York State Crime Commission, 1951–1953; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, 1954–1955.
Supreme Court Service: Nominated associate justice by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, November 9, 1954, to replace Robert Jackson, who had died; nomination resubmitted January, 10, 1955; confirmed by the Senate, March 16, 1955, by a 71–11 vote; took judicial oath March 28, 1955; retired September 23, 1971; replaced by William H. Rehnquist, nominated by President Richard Nixon.
Death: December 29, 1971, Washington D.C.
John Marshall Harlan was ...
- Loading...