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Earl Warren served as the 14th chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, from 1953 to 1969. His term of office was marked by numerous rulings that reshaped U.S. law and society, and granted the lower federal courts wide berth in enforcing individual constitutional rights.
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Earl Warren was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously in 1981. He was also honored by the United States Postal Service with a 29¢ Great Americans series postage stamp. [ 221 ] In December 2007, Warren was inducted into the California Hall of Fame . [ 222 ]
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- Brown v. Board of Education
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Born March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles to working-class Scandinavian immigrants (his father worked for Southern Pacific Railroad), Warren grew up in Bakersfield, California, working summer jobs in railroading. He attended the University of California, Berkeley, where he received both his undergraduate and law degrees, and began practicing private law ...
Warren resigned his position of governor and served nearly 16 years as chief justice from 1953-1969. But just two months into his term, he began hearing oral arguments in the historic Brown v. Board of Education case. Overruling 1896’s Plessy v. Ferguson “separate but equal” verdict, the landmark decision found the case violated the equal protectio...
Warren was appointed by President Lyndon Johnson to chair the John F. Kennedy assassination investigation, from 1963-1964, that became better known as the Warren Commission. The resulting controversial report found Lee Harvey Oswald was the lone gunman, although doubt and conspiracy theories continue to swirl around its validity. In addition to Bro...
Warren, who married Nina Palmquist Meyers in 1925, and had six children, retired from the Supreme Court in 1969. He died July 9, 1974, at the age of 83 and is buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. In 1981, he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest honor for a civilian. “When history is written,...
“Earl Warren, 83, Who Led High Court In Time of Vast Social Change, Is Dead,” by Anthony Lewis, July 10, 1974, The New York Times. "Earl Warren, 1953-1969," Supreme Court Historical Society. “Governor Earl Warren,” National Governors Association. “History - Brown v. Board of Education Re-enactment,” United States Courts. “Brown v. Board of Educatio...
John Earl Warren, Jr. Awarded the Congresional Medal of Honor Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company C, 2 nd Battalion, (Mechanized), 22 nd Infantry, 25 th Infantry Division.
John Earl Warren Jr. (November 16, 1946 – January 14, 1969) was a United States Army officer and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the Vietnam War.
First Lieutenant John Earl Warren, Jr. (16 November 1946 - 14 January 1969) was a U.S. Army officer who was posthumously awarded America's highest military award for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the Vietnam War.
THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AWARDS THIS PRESIDENTIAL MEDAL OF FREEDOM TO EARL WARREN. Earl Warren led a unanimous court that in turn led the Nation in reversing a century of judicial and social history.
