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
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.
Harlan F. Stone
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Harlan Fiske Stone was an American attorney who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and then as the 12th chief justice of the United States from 1941 until his d
Fred M. Vinson
…International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (commonly called the World Bank) and the International Monetary Fund. After the death of Chief Justice Harlan F. Stone in 1946, Truman appointed Vinson to the Supreme Court. Vinson dissented in the case of Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, which ruled against the…
Portrait by Harris & Ewing, c. 1945
Birthplace of Stone
Stone testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee during his Supreme Court confirmation process (January 28, 1925)
Harlan F. Stone commemorative stamp, issued in 1948