Earl Warren
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Earl Warren was an American attorney and politician who served as the 14th chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969 and as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953. The Warren Cou
Warren as chief justice, c. 1953–1969
Warren as a U.S. Army officer in 1918
The René C. Davidson Courthouse, the main courthouse of the Alameda County Superior Court, completed in 1934
Warren on the front page of the Oakland Tribune, January 12, 1925
Fred M. Vinson
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Frederick Moore Vinson was an American attorney and politician who served as the 13th chief justice of the United States from 1946 until his death in 1953. Vinson was one of the few Americans to have
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…August 1953 he agreed to serve as the Solicitor General. In September 1953, before Warren's nomination as solicitor general was announced, Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson died. To fill the critical position of chief justice, Eisenhower first offered the position of chief justice to Thomas E. Dewey, but Dewey declined the…
Vinson, c. 1950
Birthplace in Louisa, Kentucky
Vinson taking the oath of office as judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1938
Fred M. Vinson bust, U.S. Supreme Court, Washington, D.C. Sculptor Jimilu Mason.