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William Joseph Brennan, Jr., was born on April 25, 1906, in Newark, N.J. His parents both emigrated from Ireland, and they met and married in the United States. His father, a Democrat, was very active in New Jersey politics and served as Commissioner of Public Safety in Newark for 16 years. William was greatly influenced by his father and ...
He was born in Orange, N.J., the son of William J. Brennan Jr., a lawyer who went on to serve as associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1956 to 1990. The younger Brennan graduated from Colgate University in 1955, served as a first lieutenant in the Marine Corps until 1959 and received his law degree from Yale in 1962.
Nov 3, 2023 · Many of the 116 Justices appointed since 1790 to the Supreme Court of the United States have had prior military service. Among them are Justice Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Justice Anthony M. Kennedy (Retired), and Justice Stephen G. Breyer (Retired). First row (left to right): William J. Brennan, Jr., Stephen G. Breyer, Frank Murphy, and Byron R.White.
Jul 25, 1997 · TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. Justice William J. Brennan Jr., a towering figure in modern law who embodied the liberal vision of the Constitution ...
Jul 25, 1997 · Retired Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr., whose landmark liberal rulings made him one of the most influential jurists in American history, died Thursday. He was 91.Brennan, whose 34 ...
BRENNAN, WILLIAM J., JR. (1906–) (Update 1) After graduating near the top of his Harvard Law School class, William Brennan returned to his hometown, Newark, New Jersey, where he joined a prominent law firm and specialized in labor law. As his practice grew, Brennan, a devoted family man, resented the demands it made on his time and accepted ...
Formal portrait of members of the United States Supreme Court,Washington DC, 1962. Pictured are, front row, from left, Justice Tom C Clark, Justice Hugo L Black, Chief Justice Earl Warren, Justice William O Douglas, and Justice John M Harlan; back row, from left, Justice Byron R White, Justice William J Brennan Jr, Justice Potter Stewart, and ...
