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Hugo Lafayette Black

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1937

Hugo Lafayette Black , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 63–16 on the nomination on Aug 17, 1937 (). Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.

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Senate confirmation votes

  • Associate justice of the supreme court
    75th Congress ·     63–16 · Aug 17, 1937

Education

  • University of Alabama School of LawLL.B., 1906

Career

Private practice, Ashland, Alabama 1906-1907; Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1907-1917, 1919-1927; Judge, Birmingham [Alabama] Police Court, 1910-1911; Prosecutor, Birmingham, Alabama, 1914-1917; U.S. Army captain, 1917-1919; U.S. senator from Alabama, 1927-1937; Presiding officer, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1953

Biography

Hugo Lafayette Black (February 27, 1886 – September 25, 1971) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.

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