Stanley Reed
Position
Associate Justice
Seat
7
Nominated By
Roosevelt, F.
Commissioned on
Thursday, January 27, 1938
Sworn In
Monday, January 31, 1938
Left Office
Monday, February 25, 1957
Reason For Leaving
Retired
Length of Service
19 years, 0 months, 25 days
Home
Kentucky
The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States (Artist: Charles Hopkinson)
Biography
Stanley Reed lived a small-town life from a well-to-do family in rural Kentucky. Though the beneficiary of Republican appointments, Reed also won praise for his work in the Roosevelt Justice Department. He was appointed by Roosevelt as solicitor general in part because the president was persuaded that Reed could convince a conservative Supreme Court that his New Deal legislation was constitutional. It is said that when Reed approached the lectern in his first oral argument as solicitor general, he fainted dead away. Roosevelt's legislation did not fare much better. Roosevelt promoted Reed to the High Court in 1938.
Clerkships
| Clerk | Law School | Terms Clerked |
|---|---|---|
| Harold Leventhal | Columbia (1936) |
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