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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.
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 was an outspoken defender of the Buffalo River in the Ozarks of norther Arkansas, and he fought to preserve it as a unit of the national park system. With plans underway to construct two hydroelectric dams on the Buffalo, the fate of the river and its surrounding communities was put on a national pedestal in the 1960s.
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.
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.
For his immense efforts in preserving and protecting the nautral and historical resources, the C& O Canal National Historical Park was officially dedicated to Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, the man who helped saved the canal.
On January 3, 1954 an editorial in the Washington Post endorsed the government's plan. One reader in particular disagreed with the idea of experiencing nature from the seat of a car. He was U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas and the actions he took helped save the C&O Canal.
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.
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 ...
