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Willis Van Devanter
Willis Van Devanter (1859-1941) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He joined the Supreme Court in 1910 after a nomination from President William H. Taft. On June 2, 1937, he assumed senior status. He served until his death on February 8, 1941.[1]
Devanter was one of six justices appointed to the Supreme Court by President Taft. He served during The White Court, The Taft Court and The Hughes Court.[2]
Education
Devanter received his LL.B. from the University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1881.[1]
Professional career
- 1897-1903: Professor, Columbia University School of Law
- 1896-1903: Assistant U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Department of Interior, Washington, D.C.
- 1890-1897: Attorney in private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- 1890: Chief justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
- 1889-1890: Judge, U.S. District Court for the Territory of Wyoming
- 1888: Member, Wyoming Territorial Legislature
- 1887-1888: City attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- 1886: Commissioner to revise the Wyoming statutes, U.S. Teritorial Court, Territory of Wyoming
- 1884-1887: Attorney in private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming
- 1881-1884: Attorney in private practice, Marion, Indiana[1]
Federal judicial career
Supreme Court
Van Devanter was nominated to the Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft on December 12, 1910, to fill a seat vacated by Justice Edward Douglass White. He was confirmed by the Senate on December 15, 1910, and received commission on December 16, 1910. On June 2, 1937, Van Devanter assumed senior status. He served until his death on February 8, 1941.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Justice Hugo Black.
Eighth Circuit
Van Devanter was previously a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit. He was nominated by President Theodore Roosevelt on February 4, 1903, to fill a seat created by 32 Stat. 791. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 18th, and received commission that same day. Van Devanter served on this court until December 16, 1910.[1] He was succeeded to this post by Walter Inglewood Smith.
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| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Circuit Courts for the Eighth Circuit 1903–1910 |
Succeeded by: Walter Inglewood Smith |
| Preceded by: NA - new seat |
Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals 1903–1910 |
Succeeded by: Walter Inglewood Smith |
| Preceded by: Edward Douglass White |
Supreme Court 1910–1941 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Hugo Black
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Steven Colloton • Lavenski Smith • Ralph Erickson • Bobby Shepherd • James Loken • Raymond Gruender • William D. Benton • David Stras • Jane Kelly • Steven Grasz • Jonathan Kobes | ||
| Senior judges |
David R. Hansen • Morris Arnold • Roger Wollman • Pasco Bowman • Arlen Beam • Michael Melloy • | ||
| Former judges | Myron Bright • Diana Murphy • William Riley (Eighth Circuit) • Henry Clay Caldwell • George Fagg • Elmer Bragg Adams • John Emmett Carland • Amos Madden Thayer • Walter Henry Sanborn • William Cather Hook • John Hazelton Cotteral • Robert E. Lewis (Colorado judge) • Willis Van Devanter • Walter Inglewood Smith • Arba Seymour Van Valkenburgh • Wilbur Franklin Booth • Charles Breckenridge Faris • Kimbrough Stone • Joseph William Woodrough • William Squire Kenyon • John Benjamin Sanborn • John D. Kelly • Archibald Gardner • Seth Thomas • John Collet • Charles Joseph Vogel • Jesse Henley • Roy Stephenson • William Webster • Floyd Gibson • Albert Ridge • Charles Whittaker • Harvey Johnsen • Harry Blackmun • Gerald Heaney • Donald Lay • Marion Matthes • Theodore McMillian • Pat Mehaffy • Walter Riddick • Martin Van Oosterhout • Donald Ross • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Lavenski Smith • David R. Hansen • Morris Arnold • Roger Wollman • James Loken • Pasco Bowman • William Riley (Eighth Circuit) • Archibald Gardner • Charles Joseph Vogel • Floyd Gibson • Harvey Johnsen • Donald Lay • Marion Matthes • Pat Mehaffy • Martin Van Oosterhout • | ||
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| 1901 | |||
| 1902 |
Anderson • Burns • Coxe • Gould • Hale • Holmes • Platt • Ray • Townsend • Waite | ||
| 1903 |
Clabaugh • Day • Hay • Holt • Hook • McClelland • Morris • Pollock • Pritchard • Richards • Van Devanter • Daniel Wright • Francis Wright | ||
| 1904 |
Duell • Holland • Hunt • Lanning • Reed • Shepard • Stafford | ||
| 1905 |
Adams • Atkinson • Barney • Bethea • Booth • Cross • Dayton • Dodge • Finkelnburg • Kohlsaat • Landis • Lowell • McCall • McComas • Quarles • Sanborn • Seaman • Tayler • Whitson • Wolverton • Wright | ||
| 1906 |
Buffington • Chatfield • Ewing • Farrington • Hough • Knappen • Lewis • Martin • Moody • Peelle • Robb | ||
| 1907 |
Campbell • Cotteral • Dietrich • Dyer • Hundley • Munger • Noyes Saunders • Sheppard • Van Fleet • Van Orsdel • Ward | ||
| 1908 |
Chamberlain • Purdy • Sanford • Sater • Young | ||
| 1909 | |||
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| 1909 |
Bean • Carpenter • Connor • Donworth • Grubb • Hand • Hundley • Lanning • Lurton • Orr • Purdy • Rellstab • Warrington • Willard | ||
| 1910 |
Archbald • Barber • Carland • Cooper • Denison • De Vries • Hollister • Hughes • Hunt • Killits • Knapp • Knappen • Lamar • Mack • Montgomery • Rasch • Rose • Russell • Smith • Van Devanter • Van Valkenburgh • White | ||
| 1911 |
Angell • Day • Denison • Elliott • Martin • Rudkin • Schofield • Sessions • H. Smith • W. Smith • Veeder • Whitmer • Youmans | ||
| 1912 |
Bourquin • Cheney • Cushman • Dodge • Geiger • Howard • Mayer • McPherson • Morton • Pitney • Pope • Sloan • Thompson • Tuttle • | ||
