Harold Burton

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1958 - 1964

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Years in office: 1945 - 1958

Education

Bachelor's

Bowdoin College, 1909

Law

Harvard Law School, 1912

Personal

Birthplace

Massachusetts

Harold Hitz Burton was an Associate Justice on theSupreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by PresidentHarry Truman and served from 1945 to 1964. His last day of service wasOctober 28, 1964, due to death.^[1]

Burton was one of four justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Truman. He served duringThe Stone Court,The Vinson Court andThe Warren Court.^[2]

Education

Burton received his A.B. from Bowdoin College in 1909 and a LL.D. from Harvard Law School in 1912.^[1]

Professional career

• 1941-1945: United States Senator from Ohio
• 1935-1940: Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio
• 1929-1931: Director of Law, City of Cleveland
• 1929: Member,Ohio House of Representatives
• 1919-1935: Attorney in private practice, Cleveland, Ohio
• 1917-1919: United States Army Lieutenant
• 1916-1917: Head of Legal Department, Idaho Power Company
• 1912-1916:Attorney in private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio^[1]

Federal judicial career

Justice Burton was nominated to theSupreme Court byHarry Truman on September 18, 1945. Burton was confirmed by the Senate on September 19, and received his commission onSeptember 22nd. He assumedsenior status onOctober 13, 1958. His service ended with his death onOctober 28, 1964.^[1]

See also

• Supreme Court of the United States

External links

• Justice Burton's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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v • e Federal judges nominated byHarry Truman
1945	Burton •Clark •Donovan •Gilliam •Gourley •Holtzoff •Koscinski •Madden •Mathes •Mellott •S. Miller •W. Miller •Mollison •O'Connell •Orr •Prettyman •Rice
1946	Curran •Driver •Follmer •Harris •Kalodner •Kampf •Keech •Levin •Lynne •McGranery •Murphy •Rodney •Scarlett •Shelbourne •Speakman •Starr •Vinson •Weinberger
1947	Bryan, Sr. •Christenberry •Clifford •Collet •Dooley •Harper •Howell •Johnson •Jones •Lemmon •Medina •Rayfiel •Ryan • Thomason
1948	Harper •Henderson •Johnson •Kaufman •Proctor •Rao •Stephens •Tamm
1949	Allred •Andrews •Bazelon •Borah •Burns •Carter •Clark •Clary •Conger •Connally •Duffy •Erskine •Fahy •Finnegan •Foley •Ford •Gibson •Grim •Hastie •Hatch •Hill •Hooper •Kaufman •Kirkland •Lindley •Matthews •McCarthy •McGohey •McLaughlin •Minton •Murray •Noonan •Pickett •Platt •Pope •Ritter •Russell •Solomon •Sugarman •Swaim •Switzer •Taylor •Tehan •Thornton •Warlick •Washington •Westover •Wright
1950	Bastian •Byrne, Sr. •Carter •Knous •Marsh •Murphy •Simpson •Staley •Steckler •Strum •Wallace •Weinfeld •Whitehurst •Worley
1951	Dimock •Edelstein •Hartigan •Hartshorne •Leahy •Lindberg •McNamee •Medina •Modarelli •Murphy •Perry •Rives •Sheehy •Sloan •Stewart •Thomas •Tolin •Youngdahl
1952	Cole •Friedman •Williams •