Oyez: William J. Brennan, Jr.

William J. Brennan, Jr. - Details

Source: The Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States (artist: Paul C. Burns)

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First Name	William J.
Last Name	Brennan
Suffix	Jr.
Birth Place	New Jersey
Childhood Location	Same
Childhood Surroundings	Urban
Family Status	Middle
Religion	Roman Catholic
Ethnicity	Irish
Father	William J. Brennan
Mother	Agnes McDermott
Father's Occupation	Labor organizer; brewery worker
Father's Office	New Jersey local official
Undergraduate Education	Pennsylvania, B.S. 1928
Law School	Harvard, Graduated 1931
Marriages	Marjorie Leonard (1928, d. 1982); Mary Fowler (1983)
Children	3
Bar Admission	New Jersey, 1931
Law Practice	New Jersey, 1931-42, 1946-49
Military Service	Army Colonel, 1942-46
State Judicial Position(s)	Judge, Superior Court, NJ, 1949-50; Judge, Superior Court, Appellate Division, NJ, 1950-52; Judge, Supreme Court, NJ, 1952-56
Other Judicial Position(s)	Participant, annual appellate judges seminar, New York University
Post Court	Retired in poor health in Washington, D.C.
Party	Democrat
Experience	Prior judicial experience: Judge, N.J. Supreme Court
Paper Size	Large
Paper Location	Library of Congress, Manuscript Division, Washington, D.C.
Writings	"The Bill of Rights and the States" (1961); "Constitutional Adjudication" (1965); An Affair with Freedom (1967); "Constitutional Adjudication and the Death Penalty" (1986)"
Age at Oath	50
Age at End of Service	84
Age at Death	91