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Willis Van Devanter
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1903–1910
Willis Van Devanter , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 – February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1911 to 1937. He was a staunch conservative and was regarded as a part of the Four Horsemen, the conservative bloc that dominated the Supreme Court during much of the 1930s.
Education
- Cincinnati Law School (now University of Cincinnati College of Law)LL.B., 1881
Career
Private practice, Marion, Indiana, 1881-1884; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 1884-1887; Member, commission to revise the statutes of Wyoming Territory, 1886; City attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 1887-1888; Territorial representative, Wyoming Territory, 1888; Chief justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, 1890; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1890-1897; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1896-1903; Professor, Columbian University School of Law, 1897-1903
Biography
Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 – February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1911 to 1937. He was a staunch conservative and was regarded as a part of the Four Horsemen, the conservative bloc that dominated the Supreme Court during much of the 1930s.
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