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William Hubbs Rehnquist ( / ˈrɛnkwɪst / REN-kwist; October 1, 1924 – September 3, 2005) was an American attorney and jurist who served on the U.S. Supreme Court for 33 years. Rehnquist was an associate justice from 1972 to 1986 and the 16th chief justice from 1986 until his death in 2005.
Sep 4, 2005 · Sept. 4, 2005. William H. Rehnquist, who died Saturday at the age of 80 almost a year after learning he had thyroid cancer, helped lead a conservative revolution on the Supreme Court during 19...
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Oct 28, 2012 · One of the most divisive and influential jurists in American history, Chief Justice William Hubbs Rehnquist served on the Supreme Court for more than a third of a century during a time of...
Apr 3, 2024 · William Rehnquist (born October 1, 1924, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.—died September 3, 2005, Arlington, Virginia) was the 16th chief justice of the United States, appointed to the Supreme Court in 1971 and elevated to chief justice in 1986. Rehnquist served in the U.S. Army Air Forces during World War II.
Rehnquist, a widower since 1991, found time to write three popular books on the Court’s history: The Supreme Court: How It Was, How It Is (1988), Grand Inquests: The Historic Impeachments of Justice Samuel Chase and President Andrew Johnson (1992), and Centennial Crisis: The Disputed Election of 1876 (2004).
Bill Rehnquist was born in Milwaukee to Margery, a part-time translator who spoke five languages, and William Benjamin, who sold paper wholesale. Justice Rehnquist almost never...
Biography. Chief Justice William Rehnquist at a University of Arizona Law College Association event. 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.
