Earl Warren

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Earl Warren
Nonpartisan
Prior offices:
Supreme Court of the United States
Years in office: 1969 - 1974
Years in office: 1954 - 1969
Education
Bachelor's
University of California, Berkeley, 1912
Law
UCBerkeley Law, 1914
Personal
Birthplace
Los Angeles, CA


Earl Warren (1891-1974) is the fourteenth Chief Justice of theSupreme Court of the United States. He was nominated asChief Justice by PresidentDwight D. Eisenhower on September 30, 1953. Warren assumedsenior status onJune 23, 1969, and his service ended with his death onJuly 9, 1974.At the time of appointment, he was theGovernor of California.[1]

Warren was one of five nominations President Eisenhower made to the Supreme Court.[2]

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Early life and education

Warren received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1912 and hisJ.D. from its Boalt Hall School of Law in 1914.[1]

Military service

Warren served as a First Lieutenant in the United States Army from 1917 to 1918.[1]

Professional career

Ran with Presidential candidate Thomas Dewey and was defeated by Harry Truman, receiving 35.6 percent of the vote.[3]
  • 1938-1942:Attorney General of California
  • 1925-1938: District Attorney,Alameda County
  • 1923-1925: Chief deputy district attorney, Alameda County
  • 1920-1923: Deputy district attorney, Alameda County
  • 1919-1920: Deputy city attorney, City of Oakland
  • 1919: Clerk, Assembly Judiciary Committee, California Legislature
  • 1914-1917: Attorney, private practice[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court of the United States

Warren received arecess appointment to the Supreme Court fromDwight D. Eisenhower on October 2, 1953, to fill the vacancy left byFrederick Vinson. He was nominated on January 11, 1954, confirmed by the Senate on March 1, 1954, and received his commission onMarch 20, 1954. Warren assumedsenior status onJune 23, 1969, and his service ended with his death onJuly 9, 1974.[1] He was succeeded to the post of Chief Justice byWarren Burger.

Noteworthy cases

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Author: Earl Warren

Vote Count: 9-0

Majority Justices: Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Jackson, Burton, Clark, Minton

Brown v. Board of Education (1954)

In a continuation of the trial heard byThe Vinson Court, the conflict of whether or not "separate but equal" was constitutional was finally decided. When Oliver Brown, an African American, tried to enroll his daughter into a white school in Kansas, he was denied. His case was eventually brought before the Supreme Court with other cases of similar issue. Warren's Court unanimously decided that it was unconstitutional to provide separate facilities for educating African Americans.[4]

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Author: Earl Warren

Vote Count: 8-1

Majority Justices: Black, Douglas, Clark, Brennan, Stewart, White, Goldberg

Dissenting Justice: Harlan

Equal representation for all citizens (1964)

The Alabama Constitution allotted for at least one representative and as many senatorial districts as there were senators. In 1961, Sims and other voters challenged this setup. The Court ruled in favor of Sims because the Equal Protection Clause stated citizens were entitled to "no less than substantially equal state legislative representation for all citizens...." Furthermore, states should attempt to establish districts of nearly equal population.[5]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by:
Frederick Vinson		Supreme Court
1954–1974
Seat #1		Succeeded by:
Warren Burger


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Former chief justices

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O'Connor •Baldwin •Barbour •Black •Blackmun •Blair •Blatchford •Bradley •Brandeis •Brennan •Brewer •Brown •Burton •Butler •Byrnes •Campbell •Cardozo •Catron •Chase •Clark •Clarke •Clifford •Curtis •Cushing •Daniel •Davis •Day •Douglas •Duvall •Field •Fortas •Frankfurter •Ginsburg •Goldberg •Gray •Grier •Harlan I •Harlan II •Holmes •Hunt •Iredell •H. Jackson •R. Jackson •T. Johnson •W. Johnson, Jr. •J. Lamar •L. Lamar •Livingston •Lurton •Marshall •Matthews •McKenna •McKinley •McLean •McReynolds •Miller •Minton •Moody •Moore •Murphy •Nelson •Paterson •Peckham •Pitney •Powell •Reed •Roberts •W. Rutledge •Sanford •Scalia •Shiras •Stevens •Stewart •Story •Strong •Sutherland •Swayne •Thompson •Todd •Trimble •Van Devanter •Washington •Wayne •B. White •Whittaker •Wilson •Woodbury •Woods

Dwight Eisenhower
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Federal judges nominated byDwight Eisenhower
1953

Boldt •Bruchhausen •Cecil •Dawkins, Jr. •Grooms •Hamlin •Hoffman •Knoch •Schnackenberg •Warren •Willson

1954

Aldrich •Anderson •Bastian •Bicks •Bootle •Boreman •Breitenstein •Brooks •Cecil •Chambers •Choate •Christensen •Connell •Danaher •Dawson •Day •Fee •Freeman •Halbert •Harlan •Hincks •Hoffman •Holder •Hunter •Ingraham •Laramore •Kent •Lemmon •Lord •McGarraghy •Mickelson •Miller •Palmieri •Parkinson •Rogers •Ross •Stewart •Taylor •Thomsen •Tuttle •Van Oosterhout •Vogel •Walsh •Whittaker •Wilson

1955

Alger •Brown •Cameron •Clarke •Davies •Devitt •East •Estes •Grubb •Harlan •Jertberg •Jones •Lumbard •McIlvaine •Miller •Register •Sorg •Van Dusen •Waterman •Watkins •Wortendyke •

Wright
1956

Barnes •Bryan •Burger •Cashin •Hamley •Herlands •Johnson •Juergens •Kerr •Kraft •Levet •Lewis •Lieb •Mercer •Morgan •Rich •Rizley •Robinson •Smith •Sobeloff •Weick •Whittaker

1957

Arraj •Breitenstein •Brennan •Egan •Gignoux •Grant •Hastings •Haynsworth •Hicklin •Jameson •Layton •Moore •O'Sullivan •Parkinson •Richardson •Sirica •Stanley •Thompson •Van Pelt •Weber •Whittaker •Wisdom •Zavatt

1958

Beck •Burke •Carswell •Clayton •Hamlin •Henley •Jertberg •Knoch •Martin •Matthes •Miner •Morrill •Poos •Robson •Stanley •Steel •Stewart •Wollenberg

1959

Aldrich •Bartels •Blackmun •Boreman •Butler •Castle •Cecil •Crocker •Dalton •Field •Fisher •Forman •Friendly •Hart •Henderson •Henley •Julian •Kalbfleisch •Kilkenny •Koelsch •Kunzel •MacMahon •Merrill •Metzner •Powell •Smith •Sweigert •Walsh •Weick •Weinman •Wood •Worley •Young

1960

Caffrey •Chilson •Durfee •Hodge •Kaess •Lane •Lewis •Mishler •O'Sullivan •Paul •Smith •Stephenson •Tavares •Timbers