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Earl Warren

Chief Justice of the United States · 1953–1954

Earl Warren , Chief Justice of the United States. Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 (1891–1974)

Positions

  • Chief Justice of the United States1953-10-05–1969-06-23

Education

  • University of California, BerkeleyB.A., 1912
  • University of California, Berkeley, School of JurisprudenceJ.D., 1914

Career

Private practice, San Francisco and Oakland, California, 1914-1917; U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1917-1918; Clerk, Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly, 1919; Deputy city attorney, Oakland, California, 1919-1920; Deputy district attorney, Alameda County, California, 1920-1925; chief deputy district attorney, 1923-1925; District attorney, Alameda County, California, 1925-1938; Attorney general, State of California, 1938-1942; Governor, California, 1942-1953; Republican candidate for vice president of the United States, 1948; Presiding officer, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1954-1969; Chair of the board, Federal Judicial Center, 1968-1969

Biography

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1953 to 1969 (1891–1974)

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