Felix Frankfurter

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1962 - 1965

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Years in office: 1939 - 1962

Education

Bachelor's

The City College of New York, 1902

Law

Harvard Law, 1906

Felix Frankfurter (1882-1965) was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on January 20, 1939. OnAugust 28, 1962, he assumedsenior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death onFebruary 22, 1965. Prior to joining the court, Frankfurter was a law professor at Harvard University.^[1][2]

Frankfurter was one of nine justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Roosevelt. He served under four different chief justices, during:The Hughes Court,The Stone Court,The Vinson Court andThe Warren Court.^[3]

Early life and education

Frankfurter received his B.A. degree from the College of the City of New York in 1902 and hisLL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1906.^[1]

Military service

Frankfurter was an Major in the United States Army JAG Corps, serving from 1917 to 1920.ref name=bio/>

Professional career

• 1920-1939: Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Harvard University
• 1917-1920: Assistant to the Secretary of War, Secretary and Counsel to the President's Mediation Commission, Chairman of the War Labor Policies Board
• 1914-1917: Byrne Professor of Administrative Law, Harvard University
• 1911-1914: Law officer for the Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department
• 1910: Aide to Henry Stimson campaign for Governor of New York
• 1906-1909: Assistant U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York
• 1906: Attorney in private practice, New York City^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court of the United States

Frankfurter was nominated by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt on January 5, 1939, to replace JusticeBenjamin Nathan Cardozo. He was confirmed by the Senate on January 17, 1939, and received commission onJanuary 20, 1939. OnAugust 28, 1962, he assumedsenior status and continued to serve in this capacity until his death onFebruary 22, 1965.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by JusticeArthur Goldberg.

See also

• History of the Supreme Court
• Supreme Court of the United States

External links

• Justice Franfurter's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
• The Supreme Court Historical Society, "Felix Frankfurter"

Footnotes

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v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
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

v • e Federal judges nominated byFranklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
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	Brown •Davis •Foley •Laws •Ridge