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Potter Stewart - Details Overview, Details, Appointments, Opinions
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First Name |
Potter |
Last Name |
Stewart |
Birth Place |
Michigan |
Childhood Location |
Cincinnati, OH |
Childhood Surroundings |
Urban |
Family Status |
Upper |
Religion |
Episcopalian |
Ethnicity |
English |
Father |
James G. Stewart |
Mother |
Harriet L. Potter |
Father's Occupation |
Lawyer |
Father's Office |
Cincinnati mayor; Ohio supreme court |
Undergraduate Education |
Yale, B.A. 1937 |
Graduate Education |
Cambridge, Fellow 1937-38 |
Law School |
Yale, Graduated 1941 |
Marriages |
Mary Ann Bertles (1943) |
Children |
3 |
Bar Admission |
Ohio, 1942; New York, 1942 |
Law Practice |
New York, 1941-42, 1945-47; Ohio, 1947-54 |
Military Service |
Navy Lieutenant, 1942-45 |
State Political Position(s) |
City council, Cincinnati, OH, 1950-53; vice mayor, Cincinnati, OH, 1952-53 |
Other Judicial Position(s) |
Active in American Bar Association committees |
Post Court |
Retired in good health |
Place of Death |
Hanover, NH |
Interment |
Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA |
Party |
Republican |
Experience |
Prior judicial experience: Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals (6th Cir.) |
Paper Size |
Large |
Paper Location |
Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University, New Haven, CT |
Writings |
"The Nine of Us: 'Guardians of the Constitution'" (1967); "A View From Inside the Court" (1968); "Or of the Press" (1975)" |
Age at Oath |
43 |
Age at End of Service |
66 |
Age at Death |
70 |
