Sherman Minton

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

Supreme Court of the United States

Years in office: 1956 - 1965

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Years in office: 1949 - 1956

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United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

Years in office: 1941 - 1949

Education

Law

Indiana University Law, 1915

Graduate

Yale Law, 1916

Personal

Birthplace

Georgetown, IN

Sherman Minton (1890-1965) was an Associate Justice of theSupreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the Supreme Court by PresidentHarry Truman in 1949. He served on the Supreme Court until October 15, 1956 when he assumedsenior status. He passed away on April 9, 1965. Prior to joining the court, he served as a judge on theUnited States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit.^[1]

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

Education

Minton received a LL.B. from Indiana University School of Law in 1915 and a LL.M. from Yale Law School in 1916.^[1]

Military service

• U.S. Army Captain, Motor Transport Corps, 1917-1919^[1]

Professional career

• 1941: Administrative assistant/liaison to military agencies, Office of the President
• 1935-1941: United States Senator from Indiana
• 1933-1934: Counselor, Indiana Public Service Commission
• 1928-1933: Attorney in private practice, New Albany,Indiana
• 1925-1928: Attorney in private practice, Miami, Florida
• 1919-1925: Attorney in private practice, New Albany, Indiana
• 1916-1917: Attorney in private practice, New Albany, Indiana^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court

Minton was nominated to theSupreme Court of the United States by PresidentHarry S. Truman on September 15, 1949, to a seat vacated by JusticeWiley Rutledge. He was confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1949, and received his commission on October 5, 1949. Minton assumedsenior status on October 15, 1956 and served in that capacity until his death on April 9, 1965.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by JusticeWilliam Brennan.

Seventh Circuit

Minton was nominated to theSeventh Circuit by PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt on May 7, 1941, to a seat vacated byWalter Emanuel Treanor. He was confirmed by the Senate on May 19, 1941 and received his commission on May 22, 1941. His service on the court was terminated on October 11, 1949, due to his elevation to the Supreme Court.^[1] He was succeeded to this post byWalter Lindley.

See also

• History of the Supreme Court
• United States Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit

External links

• Minton Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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Senior judges	Diane Sykes  •  Diane Wood  •  Daniel Manion  •  Ilana Rovner  •  David Hamilton (Seventh Circuit)  •  Kenneth Ripple  •
Former judges	John Paul Stevens  •  Ann Williams (Federal judge)  •  Julian William Mack  •  Terence Evans  •  Joel Flaum  •  Michael Kanne  •  Richard Posner  •  John Coffey (Seventh Circuit)  •  Jesse Eschbach  •  Walter Quintin Gresham  •  William Bauer  •  Richard Cudahy  •  Thomas Fairchild  •  Philip Tone  •  William Allen Woods  •  James Graham Jenkins (Wisconsin)  •  William Henry Seaman  •  John William Showalter  •  Peter Stenger Grosscup  •  Christian Cecil Kohlsaat  •  Albert Barnes Anderson (federal judge)  •  Francis Elisha Baker  •  Samuel Alschuler  •  Evan Alfred Evans  •  Louis FitzHenry  •  George True Page  •  Walter Lindley  •  William Morris Sparks  •  James Earl Major  •  Walter Treanor  •  Francis Duffy  •  Otto Kerner, Sr.  •  Otto Kerner, Jr.  •  Harlington Wood  •  Winfred Knoch  •  William Parkinson (Indiana)  •  Luther Swygert  •  Sherman Minton  •  Latham Castle  •  Walter Cummings  •  Philip Finnegan  •  John Hastings  •  Roger Kiley  •  Wilbur Pell  •  Elmer Schnackenberg  •  Robert Sprecher  •  Hardress Swaim  •  Amy Coney Barrett  •
Former Chief judges	Diane Sykes  •  Diane Wood  •  Joel Flaum  •  Richard Posner  •  William Bauer  •  Thomas Fairchild  •  William Morris Sparks  •  James Earl Major  •  Francis Duffy  •  Luther Swygert  •  Latham Castle  •  Walter Cummings  •  John Hastings  •

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