Robert H. Jackson
Robert Houghwout Jackson (1892-1954) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1941. Jackson served until his death on October 9, 1954.[1]
Jackson was one of nine justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Roosevelt. He served during The Stone Court, The Vinson Court and The Warren Court.
Education
Jackson attended Albany Law School and also received legal training by reading law.[1]
Professional career
- 1945-1946: Chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials
- 1940-1941: Attorney General of the United States
- 1938-1939: Solicitor General of the United States
- 1936-1938: Assistant United States Attorney General, Tax Division
- 1935-1938: Special counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission
- 1935-1938: Special counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury
- 1934-1935: General counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Internal Revenue
- 1918-1934: Corporation counsel, Jamestown, New York
- 1912-1934: Attorney in private practice, New York[1]
Federal judicial career
Justice Jackson was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to a seat vacated by Justice Harlan Fiske Stone. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 7, 1941, and received his commission on July 11, 1941. Jackson served the court until his death on October 9, 1954.[1]
See also
External links
- Jackson Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Jackson Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
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| Preceded by: Harlan Fiske Stone |
Supreme Court 1941–1954 |
Succeeded by: John Harlan II
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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 | |||
