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William Hubbs Rehnquist was born Oct. 1, 1924, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of William Benjamin Rehnquist and Margery Peck Rehnquist. He attended public elementary and high schools in Shorewood, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee. From 1943 to 1946 he served in the United States Army Air Forces and was discharged with the rank of sergeant.
Below is the article summary. For the full article, see William Rehnquist . William H. Rehnquist, (born Oct. 1, 1924, Milwaukee, Wis., U.S.—died Sept. 3, 2005, Arlington, Va.), U.S. jurist who served as chief justice of the United States (1986–2005). He received his law degree from Stanford University and served as clerk to Supreme Court ...
Jul 29, 2023 · William Hubbs Rehnquist (1924–2005) was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1972 by President Richard M. Nixon. In 1986 President Ronald Reagan elevated Rehnquist to chief justice, a position he held until his death in 2005. During his tenure on the Court, both as associate justice and chief justice, Rehnquist was not known as a sympathetic ...
Sep 4, 2005 · Sept. 3, 2005, 8:28 PM PDT / Source: The Associated Press. Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist died Saturday evening of cancer, ending a 33-year Supreme Court career during which he oversaw the ...
Sep 4, 2005 · William Hubbs Rehnquist was born on October 1, 1924, into a well-to-do Republican family in Milwaukee, Wisc. He grew up in the affluent suburb of Shorewood, attending public schools there.
Nov 29, 2017 · Martin Kelly. Updated on November 29, 2017. President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Rehnquist to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1971. Fifteen years later President Ronald Reagan named him as the court’s Chief Justice, a position that he held until his death in 2005. During the last eleven years of his term on the Court, there was not a single ...
Sep 4, 2005 · Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who steered the high court through groundbreaking legal and political disputes as well as guided it through a docket-full of potentially pivotal and controversial ...
