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Edward Douglass White Jr. (November 3, 1845 – May 19, 1921) was an American politician and jurist. White, a native of Louisiana, was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief justice from 1910 until his death in 1921.
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Apr 15, 2024 · Edward Douglass White (born Nov. 3, 1845, near Thibodaux, La., U.S.—died May 19, 1921, Washington, D.C.) was the ninth chief justice of the United States (1911–21), whose major contribution to U.S. jurisprudence was his “rule of reason” decision in 1911 that federal courts have since applied to antitrust cases.
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White served on the Court for a total of twenty-seven years, ten of them as Chief Justice. He died on May 19, 1921, at the age of seventy-five. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous chief justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Edward Douglass White.
Chief Justice Edward Douglass White joined the U.S. Supreme Court as an Associate Justice on March 12, 1894, replacing Justice Samuel Blatchford. He was elevated to Chief Justice on December 19, 1910 , replacing Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller.
Edward Douglass White was the 9th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Melville Weston Fuller. Having served on the Court since 1894, White was the first incumbent Associate Justice to be elevated to Chief Justice. White was nominated for Chief Justice by President William Howard Taft on December 12, 1910.
Jun 8, 2018 · White, Edward Douglass (1845–1921) US politician, chief justice of the Supreme Court (1910–21). Appointed chief justice by President Taft, he was considered a conservative, and is best known for his “rule of reason” interpretation of the Sherman Antitrust Act , which dissolved the Standard Oil Company . and the American Tobacco Company ...
Edward D. White was the son of a slaveholding suger planter; he was born and raised in Lafourche Parish, Louisiana. White traveled north to college and enrolled briefly in Mount St. Mary's College in Emmitsburg, Maryland and in Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) in Washington DC. But White's education was cut short by the Civil War.
