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John Glover Roberts Jr.
Birth: January 27, 1955, Buffalo, New York.
Education: Harvard University, B.A., summa cum laude, 1976; Harvard Law School, LL.B., magna cum laude 1979.
Official Positions: Law clerk to Justice William Rehnquist, 1980–1981; special assistant to attorney general, 1981–1982; associate White House counsel, 1982–1986; principal deputy U.S. solicitor general, 1989–1993; judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 2003–2005.
Supreme Court Service: Nominated associate justice by President George W. Bush, July 28, 2005, to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who announced her retirement on July 1, 2005; nomination withdrawn, September 6, 2005; nominated chief justice by President Bush, September 6, 2005, to replace Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who had died; confirmed by the Senate, September 29, 2005, by a 78–22 vote; took judicial oath September 29, ...
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