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   Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.

   • Nominated by: Dwight D. Eisenhower
   • Preceded by: Harold Hitz Burton

   • Political party: Republican

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   Apr 10, 2024 · Potter Stewart (born Jan. 23, 1915, Jackson, Mich., U.S.—died Dec. 7, 1985, Hanover, N.H.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1958–81). Stewart was admitted to the bar in New York and Ohio in 1941 and after World War II settled in Cincinnati.

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   He died on December 7, 1985, at the age of seventy. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Potter Stewart.

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   • Potter Stewart was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1958–81). Stewart was admitted to the bar in New York and Ohio in 1941 and after World War II settled in Cincinnati. He served on the city council and as vice mayor before his appointment to the Court of Appeals for the

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   • Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.

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   • As an associate justice from 1958 to 1981, Potter Stewart charted a middle course during a vigorous era on the U.S. Supreme Court. Before his appointment to the Court by President dwight d. eisenhower, Stewart practiced law, served in local government in his native Cincinnati, Ohio, and sat on the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals from 1954 to 1958.

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   • POTTER STEWART was born in Jackson, Michigan, on January 23, 1915. He was graduated from Yale College in 1937. After one year of postgraduate study at Cambridge University, England, he enrolled in Yale Law School. Following graduation in 1941, Stewart worked in a New York law firm.

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   May 21, 2018 · Social Sciences and the Law. Supreme Court: Biographies. Potter Stewart. views 3,676,048 updated May 21 2018. Potter Stewart. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart (1915-1985) was a strong supporter of civil rights and of First and Fourteenth amendment rights to freedom of expression.

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   Justice Potter Stewart. Justice Potter Stewart joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 14, 1958, replacing Justice Harold Hitz Burton. Stewart was born on January 23, 1915 in Michigan, but his family lived in Ohio. He graduated cum laude from Yale in 1937 with a degree in English. Stewart then briefly studied at the University of Cambridge in ...

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   Harold Burton. Succeeded by. Sandra Day O'Connor. A centrist and pragmatic member of a fiercely divided Court, Justice Potter Stewart was an influential swing vote who helped to tip the scales on many important decisions over his 22 years on the bench. Justice Stewart was born to a wealthy and politically powerful Ohio Republican family.

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   Potter Stewart (January 23, 1915 – December 7, 1985) was an American lawyer and judge who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.