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United States portal. v. t. e. William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 – January 19, 1980) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1939 to 1975.
Jun 14, 2024 · William O. Douglas (born October 16, 1898, Maine, Minnesota, U.S.—died January 19, 1980, Washington, D.C.) was a public official, legal educator, and associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, best known for his consistent and outspoken defense of civil liberties.
Douglas had the longest tenure of any Justice, serving on the Supreme Court for thirty-six years, spanning the careers of five Chief Justices. He retired on November 12, 1975, and died on January 19, 1980, at the age of eighty-one.
Determined and competitive in nature, William O. Douglas set the record for longest continuous service on the Supreme Court. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898, in Maine, Minnesota, to Julia Fisk and Reverend William Douglas.
Mar 27, 2003 · William O. Douglas was a judicial record-setter. He sat on the US Supreme Court for more than thirty-five years (1939-75), longer than any other Justice, and during those years he wrote some...
Nov 15, 2004 · William O. Douglas, who grew up in Yakima, was appointed to the United States Supreme Court at the age of 40 and served for more than 36 years, longer than any other justice in the Court's history. Both on and off the Court, Douglas was outspoken in his support for individual rights and for preserving the natural environment.
Justice William O. Douglas joined the U.S. Supreme Court on April 17, 1939, replacing Justice Louis Brandeis. Douglas was born on October 16, 1898 in western Minnesota, but his family soon moved to the West Coast.
Jul 26, 2023 · William O. Douglas (1898–1980), the longest-serving justice in the history of the Supreme Court, sat on the Court from 1939 to 1975. He was one of the Court’s most controversial members as well as one of its most passionate defenders of individual freedoms and First Amendment rights.
William O. Douglas was a beacon for the preservation of wild places and individual freedom, by word and by example. These were parallel rights to be defended without reservation. Seattle, Washington book signing 1950. Douglas described the wilderness not merely as an escape, but as a nurturing environment and source of strength, an affirmation ...
DOUGLAS, WILLIAM O. (1898–1980) William Orville Douglas was appointed to the Supreme Court by President franklin d. roosevelt on April 15, 1939, the youngest appointee since joseph story, 128 years earlier. Illness forced his retirement on November 12, 1975, but he had surpassed by nearly two years the record for longevity of service ...
