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Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American attorney and jurist 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 death in 1946.
Apr 18, 2024 · Harlan Fiske Stone was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1925–41) and the 12th chief justice of the United States (1941–46). Sometimes considered a liberal and occasionally espousing libertarian ideas, he believed primarily in judicial self-restraint: the efforts of government to meet.
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After sixteen years of service as an Associate Justice, Stone was nominated Chief Justice of the United States by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, and approved by the Senate on June 27, 1941. He served as Chairman of the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1941 to 1946.
Harlan Fiske Stone was the 12th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Charles Evans Hughes. Having served on the Court since 1925, Stone was the second incumbent Associate Justice (after Edward Douglass White) to be elevated to Chief Justice.
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone joined the U.S. Supreme Court as an Associate Justice on March 2, 1925, replacing Justice Joseph McKenna. He was elevated to Chief Justice on July 3, 1941, replacing Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes.
May 29, 2018 · Harlan Fiske Stone served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and as chief justice from 1941 to 1946. A believer in judicial restraint, he was also a defender of civil rights and civil liberties.
Following a 13-year tenure as dean of the Law School, Stone served as attorney general of the United States, associate justice of the Supreme Court, and, ultimately, chief justice of the United States.
