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Cleveland through Hoover Nominees (1895-1932)

  • rufus peckham (1895-1909)

    New York lawyer, judge

    Broad view of antitrust laws

    Author of Lochner

     

    Biography

  • joseph McKenna (1898-1925)

    Served in three branches

    Antitrust “rule of reason”

    Rarely dissented

     

    Biography

  • oliver wendell holmes (1902-1932)

    Fought in Civil War

    Pragmatic approach to law

    Our oldest Justice

     

    Biography

  • william day (1903-22)

    Former diplomat

    Teddy Roosevelt's first pick

    Copyright “first sale”


    Biography

  • William Moody (1906-10)

    Lizzie Borden case

    Penned well pleaded complaint rule

    Bad rheumatism

    Biography
    

  • Horace Lurton (1909-14)

    Judge from Tennessee

    Oldest appointed Justice

    Died from heart attack

    Biography

  • willis van devanter (1910-37)

    Indiana born

    Sought limited government

    “Pen paralysis”

    Biography

  • joseph Lamar (1910-16)

    Son of preacher man

    Came from Georgia Supreme Court

    Died at fifty-eight

    Biography

  • mahlon pitney (1912-22)

    Deep New Jersey roots

    Superman’s great-grandfather

    Resigned after stroke

    Biography

  • JAMEs McREynolds (1914-41)

    Wilson appointee

    Vocal New Deal opponent

    Anti-Semitic

    Biography

  • louis brandeis (1916-39)

    First Jewish Justice

    Privacy right advocate

    Wrote Erie Railroad

    Biography

  • john clarke (1916-22)

    Judge from Ohio

    Hughes resigned, opening spot

    Disliked Court routine

    Biography

  • George Sutherland (1922-38)

    Born in Great Britain

    Leader of the Four Horseman

    Upheld zoning laws

    Biography

  • pierece butler (1922-39)

    Railroad attorney

    Democrat picked by Harding

    New Deal opposer

    Biography

  • edward sanford (1923-30)

    Shipp prosecutor

    Early incorporation

    Tooth pulled; kidneys failed

    Biography

  • owen roberts (1930-45)

    Hoover appointee

    The Switch in Time that Saved Nine

    Strained relationships

    Biography

  • benjamin cardozo (1932-38)

    Famous New York judge

    Unanimously confirmed

    The Third Musketeer

    Biography

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