FELIX FRANKFURTER, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; born in Vienna, Austria, November 15, 1882; brought to the United States in 1894; A. B., College of the City of New York, 1902; LL. B., Harvard, 1906; D. C. L., University of Oxford, 1939; LL. D., Amherst, 1940; College of the City of New York, 1947; assistant United States attorney, southern district of New York, 1906-10; law officer, Bureau of Insular Affairs, War Department 1911-14; professor at Harvard Law School, 1914-39; George Eastman visiting professor, Oxford University, 1933-34; major and judge advocate, Officers' Reserve Corps, United States Army, 1917; assistant to the Secretary of War; secretary and counsel to the President's Mediation Commission; assistant to the Secretary of Labor; chairman of War Labor Policies Board, June 1918; declined Governor Ely's nomination to Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, June 1932; author: The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti, 1927; The Business of the Supreme Court (with James M. Landis), 1928; The Labor Injunction (with Nathan Greene), 1930; The Public and Its Government, 1930; The Commerce Clause Under Marshall, Taney, and Waite, 1937; Mr. Justice Holmes and the Supreme Court, 1939; editor: Cases Under the Interstate Commerce Act, 1915 (2d edition, 1922); Criminal Justice in Cleveland (with Roscoe Pound), 1922; Mr. Justice Holmes, 1931; Cases on Federal Jurisdiction (with Wilbur G. Katz), 1931; Cases on Administrative Law (with J. Forrester Davison), 1931; Mr. Justice Brandeis, 1932; Cases on Federal Jurisdiction (with Harry Shulman), 1937; nominated Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Roosevelt, January 5, 1939; confirmed January 17, 1939, and took his seat January 30, 1939. WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born at Maine, Minn., on October 16, 1898; graduated from Whitman College, Walla Walla, Wash., A. B., 1920, and from Columbia University Law School, LL. B., 1925; member of Securities and Exchange Commission, 1936-39, chairman, 1937-39; nominated Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by President Roosevelt, March 20, 1939; confirmed by the Senate, April 4, 1939, and took his seat April 17, 1939. FRANK MURPHY, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, was born in Harbor Beach, Mich.; chairman of the Philippine War Relief (of the United States), Inc.; chairman, American Anti-Bigotry Committee; president, Friends of the Michigan Indian Organization; nominated Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President Roosevelt on January 4, 1940, and took his seat February 5, 1940. ROBERT H. JACKSON, of Jamestown, N. Y., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; born February 13, 1892, in Spring Creek, Pa.; son of William Eldred and Angelina (Houghwout) Jackson; married Irene Gerhardt, of Albany, N. Y.; children, William Eldred and Mary Margaret confirmed as Solicitor General of the United States, March 4, 1938; confirmed as Attorney General of the United States, January 16, 1940; nominated Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Roosevelt, June 12, 1941; confirmed July 7, 1941, and took his seat October 6, 1941; appointed May 2, 1945, by President Truman as Representative to negotiate agreement for trial of major Nazi war criminals and United States Chief of Counsel to conduct the trials; on August 8, 1945, signed on behalf of the United States the Agreement of London with the Provisional Government of the French Republic, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics for the prosecution and punishment of the major war criminals of the European Axis; trial began at Nürnberg, Germany, November 20, 1945; decision handed down October 1, 1946; awarded the Medal for Merit by President Truman on February 7, 1947; elected Honorary Bencher of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple at London on May 16, 1946; presented Poincare Medal by the Ordre des Avocats a la Cour de Paris on April 2, 1946, and special medal by the Magistrats de France on April 3, 1946. WILEY RUTLEDGE, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; born in Cloverport, Ky., July 20, 1894; attended Maryville College (Tenn.); University of Wisconsin, A. B., 1914; Indiana University School of Law; University of Colorado, LL. B., 1922; taught in high schools, Bloomington and Connersville, Ind., Albuquerque, N. Mex., and Boulder, Colo., 1915-22; associated with the law firm of Goss, Kimbrough & Hutchinson, Boulder, Colo., 1922-24; member of law faculties, University of Colorado, 1924-26; Washington University, St. Louis, Mo., 1926-35; the State University of Iowa, 1935-39; also dean, School of Law, Washington University, 1930-35; College of Law, the State University of Iowa, 1935-39; associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, 1939-43; member, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws, from Missouri, 1931-35; from Iowa, 1937-43; nominated Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Roosevelt, January 11, 1943; confirmed by the Senate, February 8, 1943, and took his seat February 15, 1943. HAROLD HITZ BURTON, of Cleveland, Ohio, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; born in Jamaica Plain, Mass., June 22, 1888; Bowdoin College, A. B. 1909, LL. D. 1937; Harvard University, LL. B. 1912; LL. D. Oberlin College, Ohio Wesleyan University, Kenyon College, Boston University, College of Wooster, Heidelberg (Ohio) College, Western Reserve University, and Wesleyan University (Conn.); L. H. D., Mount Union College; married Selma F. Smith, of Newton, Mass.; children: Mrs. H. Charles Weidner, Jr., William S., Mrs. R. Wallace Adler, and Robert S.; practiced law with Gage, Wilbur & Wachner, Cleveland, 1912-14; assistant attorney, Utah Power & Light Co., Salt Lake City, Utah, 1914-16; attorney, Idaho Power Co., Boise, Idaho, 1916-17; associated with Day, Day & Wilkin, later Day & Day, Cleveland, 1919-25; instructor, Western Reserve University School of Law, 1923-25; member of Cull, Burton & Laughlin, 1925-29; Andrews, Hadden & Burton, 1932-35; lieutenant and later captain, Three Hundred and Sixty-first Infantry, with service in France and Belgium, 1917-19; member, board of education, East Cleveland, Ohio, 1928-29; Ohio House of Representatives, 1929; director of law of Cleveland 1929-32; mayor of Cleveland, 1935-40; United States Senator from Ohio, January 3, 1941, to September 30, 1945; nominated Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States by President Truman, September 18, 1945; confirmed September 19, 1945, and took his seat October 1, 1945. RESIDENCES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT [The * designates those whose wives accompany them; the † designates those whose daughters accompany them; the designates those having other ladies with them] *Mr. Chief Justice Vinson, the Wardman Park. *Mr. Justice Black, 619 South Lee Street, Alexandria, Va. *Mr. Justice Reed, the Mayflower. *Mr. Justice Frankfurter, 3018 Dumbarton Avenue. *Mr. Justice Douglas, Alexandria, Va. Mr. Justice Murphy, the Washington. Mr. Justice Jackson, McLean, Va. *Mr. Justice Rutledge, 4928 Indian Lane. *Mr. Justice Burton, the Dodge. Mr. Chief Justice Hughes (retired), 2223 R Street. *Mr. Justice Roberts (retired), R. F. D., Chester Springs, Pa. OFFICERS OF THE SUPREME COURT Clerk.-Charles Elmore Cropley, 2900 Connecticut Avenue. Deputy Clerks.-Reginald C. Dilli, 1329 Hemlock Street; Hugh W. Barr, 4701 Marshal.-Thomas E. Waggaman, 903 South Lee Street, Alexandria, Va. Librarian.-Helen Newman, 128 Kentucky Avenue SE. 73211°-80-2-2d ed. -30 UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS District of Columbia Judicial Circuit.-Mr. Chief Justice Vinson. District of Second Judicial Circuit.-Mr. Justice Jackson. Districts of Vermont, Connecticut, Third Judicial Circuit.--Mr. Justice Burton. Districts of New Jersey, eastern Fourth Judicial Circuit.- Mr. Chief Justice Vinson. Districts of Maryland, north- Ninth Judicial Circuit.—Mr. Justice Douglas. Districts of northern California, southern California, Oregon, Nevada, Montana, eastern Washington, western Washington, Idaho, Arizona, Territories of Alaska and Hawaii. Circuit Judges. Francis A. Garrecht, Spokane, Wash.; William Denman, San Francisco, Calif.; Clifton Mathews, San Francisco, Calif.; Albert Lee Stephens, Los Angeles, Calif.; William Healy, Boise, Idaho; Homer T. Bone, Tacoma, Wash.; William E. Orr, Las Vegas, Nev. Tenth Judicial Circuit.-Mr. Justice Rutledge. Districts of Colorado, Wyoming, Utah, Kansas, eastern Oklahoma, western Oklahoma, northern Oklahoma, and New Mexico. Circuit Judges.-Orie L. Phillips, Denver, Colo.; Sam G. Bratton, Albuquerque, N. Mex.; Walter A. Huxman, Topeka, Kans.; Álfred P. Murrah, Oklahoma City, Okla. UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (U. S. Court of Appeals Building, southeast corner Fifth and E Streets. Phone, REpublic 3811) HAROLD M. STEPHENS, chief justice; born in Crete, Nebr., March 6, 1886, son of Frank B. and Lunette (Stebbins) Stephens; educated at University of Utah, 1904-6; Cornell University, 1907-9; Harvard Law School, 1910-13, 1931-33; University of California, 1930-31; degrees-A. B., Cornell, 1909; LL. B., Harvard Law School, 1913; S. J. D., Harvard Law School, 1932; LL. D. (honorary), Georgetown University, 1939; married Virginia Adelle Bush, of Salt Lake City, Utah, August 6, 1912; admitted to Utah bar 1912 and began practice in Salt Lake City; assistant prosecuting attorney, Salt Lake County, 1915-17; judge third judicial district court, Utah, 1917-21; member Cheney, Jensen, Holman & Stephens, Salt Lake City, 1921-28; Martineau & Stephens, Los Angeles, 1928; member, grievance committee Utah State Bar Association, 1922-23; member, code commission to revise Utah laws, 1928; acting associate director, American College of Surgeons, 1921; president, Salt Lake City Community Clinic and Dispensary, 1923-28; member, American Judicature Society; member, Selden Society; author Administrative Tribunals and the Rules of Evidence; appointed by President Roosevelt Assistant Attorney General of the United States, June 14, 1933; the assistant to the Attorney General, July 5, 1935; nominated associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals by President Roosevelt July 23, 1935; confirmed by the Senate July 24, 1935; entered upon the duties of that office October 7, 1935; nominated chief justice of the United States Court of Appeals by President Truman January 30, 1948; confirmed by the Senate March 2, 1948; entered upon the duties of that office March 9, 1948; American chairman of the Joint Committee on Interchange of Patent Rights and Information with Great Britain for mutual aid in the prosecution of World War II, 1943–46, and on December 18, 1946, awarded by President Truman Medal for Merit in respect of service as chairman of this committee. HENRY WHITE EDGERTON, associate justice; born in Rush Center, Kans., October 20, 1888; University of Wisconsin, 1905-7; special agent, United States Bureau of Corporations, 1908; A. B., Cornell University, 1910; law school of the University of Paris, 1910-11; LL. B., Harvard, 1914; practiced in Boston, Mass., 1916, 1918-21; member of law faculties of George Washington University (192129), University of Chicago (1928-29), and Cornell University (1916-18, 1929-38); special assistant to the Attorney General, 1934-35; nominated associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by President Roosevelt November 26, 1937; confirmed by the Senate December 9, 1937; assumed duties February 1, 1938. BENNETT CHAMP CLARK, associate justice, of St. Louis, Mo., was born at Bowling Green, Mo., January 8, 1890, the son of Champ and Genevieve (Bennett) Clark; attended the public schools at Bowling Green and Washington, D. C.; graduated from Eastern High School, Washington, D. C., in 1908, University of Missouri, with A. B. degree, in 1912, and George Washington University, with LL. B. degree, in 1914; received honorary degree of LL. D. from University of Missouri, Marshall College, Bethany College, and Washington and Lee University; parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives, 1913–17; attended first officers' training camp at Fort Myer, Va., in 1917, receiving commission as captain; elected lieutenant colonel, Sixth Regiment Missouri Infantry, and served as lieutenant colonel of that regiment, which later became the One Hundred and Fortieth Regiment United States Infantry, until September 1918; assistant chief of staff, Eighty-eighth and Thirty-fifth Divisions; discharged in May 1919; promoted to colonel of Infantry in March 1919; one of the 17 charter members and an incorporator of the American Legion and chairman of the Paris caucus which formally organized the Legion; past national commander of the American Legion; past commander of the Thirty-fifth Division Veterans' Association and expresident of the National Guard Association of the United States; member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars; practiced law in St. Louis until 1945; parliamentarian of the Democratic National Convention in 1916; delegate at large to Democratic National Conventions of 1928, 1936, 1940 and 1944; compiler of several manuals on parliamentary law; author of John Quincy Adams-Old Man Eloquent; coauthor, Social Studies; married in 1922 to Miss Miriam Marsh of Waterloo, Iowa, who died in 1943, and they had three sons, Champ, Marsh, and Kimball; married October 6, 1945, to Miss Violet Heming of New York; Presbyterian, Mason, Phi Beta Kappa, Order of the Coif, Delta Sigma Rho, Delta Tau Delta, and Phi Delta Phi; United States Senator 1933 to 1945; appointed associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by President Truman on September 12, 1945, and confirmed by Senate on September 24, 1945. WILBUR K. MILLER, associate justice; born in Owensboro, Ky., October 9, 1892; academic and legal education at the University of Michigan; married Marie Louise Hager, June 2, 1917; county attorney of Daviess County, Ky., 1922-30; chairman, Public Service Commission of Kentucky, 1934–35; judge of Special Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1940-41; member, American Legion; nominated associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals by President Truman, September 12, 1945, confirmed by the Senate September 24, 1945, and entered upon the duties of that office October 16, 1945. ELIJAH BARRETT PRETTYMAN, associate justice; born in Lexington, Va., August 23, 1891; son of Forrest Johnston and Elizabeth Rebecca (Stonestreet) Prettyman; A. B. Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., 1910, A. M., 1911; LL. B., 1915, LL. D., 1946, Georgetown University; married Lucy C. Hill of Baltimore, Md., September 15, 1917; children, Elizabeth Courtney and Elijah Barrett; admitted to Virginia bar, 1915; associate and member law firm of Butler Lamb, Foster & Pope, Chicago and Washington, D. C., 1920-33; general counsel to Bureau of Internal Revenue, Washington, 1933-34; corporation counsel of District of Columbia, 1934-36; member law firm of Hewes, Prettyman & Awalt. Washington, D. C., and Hartford, Conn., 1936-45; served in the United States Army, 1917-19, advancing to captain of infantry; trustee of Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va., and of American University of Washington, D. C.; Phi Beta Kappa, Kappa Sigma, Gamma Eta Gamma, Omicron Delta Kappa; nominated as associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia by President Truman, September 12, 1945; confirmed by the Senate, September 24, 1945; assumed duties October 17, 1945. JAMES M. PROCTOR, associate justice, was born in Washington, D. C., September 4, 1882, the son of Alexander M. and Annie E. Proctor; educated in local public schools; graduated from George Washington University, with LL. B. degree in 1904; received honorary degree of LL. D. from National University; admitted to the bar in 1903; Assistant United States Attorney, 1905-8; chief assistant to the United States Attorney, 1908-13; engaged in general practice of law from 1913 until outbreak of World War I; volunteered for first officers' training corps; commissioned in the Infantry; served overseas from 1918 until armistice; reentered private practice in 1919; served as special assistant to the Attorney General, 1929-31; appointed by President Hoover in 1931 as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, now the United States District Court; member of law faculty of National University, 1932-41; married in 1902 to Miss Mary Harrington of Washington, D. C., who died in 1946; children, Edward A. and James M., Jr.; married September 30, 1947, to Mrs. Elizabeth Barry Coleman of Washington, D. C.; past commander of National Press Club Post of the American Legion; past master of Cathedral Lodge of Freemasonry; member, American Bar Association; member, District of Columbia Bar Association; Delta Theta Phi; appointed associate justice of the United States Court of Appeals by President Truman and entered upon the duties of that office March 9, 1948. RESIDENCES OF THE JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA [The designates those whose wives accompany them; the † those whose daughters accompany them] *Chief Justice Harold M. Stephens, the Wardman Park. *Associate Justice Henry White Edgerton, 2853 Ontario Road. *Associate Justice Bennett Champ Clark, 2230 Q Street. *Associate Justice Wilbur K. Miller, 2800 Woodley Road. *Associate Justice E. Barrett Prettyman, 106 Woodlawn Avenue, Kenwood, Chevy Chase, Md. *Associate Justice James M. Proctor, Kennedy-Warren Apartments. RETIRED *Chief Justice D. Lawrence Groner, 2101 Connecticut Avenue. |