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
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
Charles Evans Hughes
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Charles Evans Hughes was an American politician, academic, and jurist who served as the 11th chief justice of the United States from 1930 to 1941. A member of the Republican Party, he previously was t
Harlan F. Stone
…Co. (1938) were influential in shaping standards of judicial scrutiny. In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt nominated Stone to succeed the retiring Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice, and the Senate quickly confirmed Stone. The Stone Court presided over several cases during World War II, and Stone's majority opinion…
Hughes in 1931
Hughes at the age of 16
Hughes with his wife and children, c. 1916
Hughes struck up a close friendship with Associate Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.