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Harlan Fiske Stone

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Harlan Fiske Stone
Prior offices:
Supreme Court of the United States
Years in office: 1925 - 1941
Education
Bachelor's
Amherst College, 1894
Law
Columbia Law, 1898
Graduate
Amherst College, 1897
Personal
Birthplace
New Hampshire


Harlan Fiske Stone (1872-1946) was the twelfth Chief Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He served on the court from 1925 to 1946. Stone was nominated to the court in 1925 as an Associate Justice by PresidentCalvin Coolidge. He was elevated to the position of Chief Justice in 1941 following a nomination by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt. He served until his death onApril 22, 1946.[1]

Stone was the only justice nominated to the Supreme Court by President Coolidge. Before becoming Chief Justice, Stone served duringThe Taft Court andThe Hughes Court.

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Early life and education

Stone received his undergraduate and Master's degrees from Amherst College in 1894 and 1897, respectively. He earned his LL.B. from Columbia Law School in 1898.[1]

Professional career

  • 1924:United States Attorney General
  • 1910-1923: Dean, Columbia Law School
  • 1906: Professor and Dean, Columbia Law School
  • 1905-1910: Attorney, private practice in New York City
  • 1898-1899: Clerk, private law firms
  • 1898-1905: Faculty, Columbia Law School[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court of the United States

Chief Justice

Stone was nominated by PresidentFranklin Delano Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to replaceCharles Evans Hughes. He was confirmed by the Senate on June 27th and received commission onJuly 3, 1941. He served until his death onApril 22, 1946.[1] Stone was succeeded in the post of Chief Justice byFrederick Vinson.

Associate Justice

Before he was elevated to the position of Chief Justice, Stone served for nearly sixteen years as aSupreme Court Associate Justice. He was nominated by PresidentCalvin Coolidge on January 5, 1925, to replace JusticeJoseph McKenna. He was confirmed by the Senate onFebruary 5, 1925, and received commission that same day.[1] Sutherland was succeeded in this post by JusticeRobert H. Jackson.

In 1925, Stone was the first Supreme Court nominee to testify at a Supreme Court confirmation hearing.[2]

Notable case

Details
Author: Harlan Fiske Stone

Vote Count: 6-3

Majority Justices: Black, Reed, Frankfurter, Douglas, Rutledge

Dissenting Justices: Roberts, Murphy, Jackson

Exclusion is acceptable in emergency cases (1944)

With Executive Order 9066 and congressional statutes passed during World War II, citizens of Japanese ancestry were forbidden from areas that were important to national defense or vulnerable to espionage. By staying in San Leandro, California, Korematsu violated this order. Korematsu asked the court to determine the constitutionality of this. On December 18, 1944, the Court found in favor of the United States, saying that the security of the United States outweighed the rights of Mr. Korematsu. Justice Hugo Black argued that in certain cases, exclusion was acceptable in "emergency and peril."[3]

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Political offices
Preceded by:
Joseph McKenna		Supreme Court
1925–1941		Succeeded by:
Robert H. Jackson
Preceded by:
Charles Evans Hughes		Supreme Court
1941–1946
Seat #1		Succeeded by:
Frederick Vinson


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