Stone, Harlan Fiske

Born October 11, 1872, in Chesterfield, NH
Died April 22, 1946, in Washington, DC

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Calvin Coolidge on January 5, 1925, to a seat vacated by Joseph McKenna. Confirmed by the Senate on February 5, 1925, and received commission on February 5, 1925. Service terminated on July 3, 1941, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1941, to a seat vacated by Charles Evans Hughes. Confirmed by the Senate on June 27, 1941, and received commission on July 3, 1941. Service terminated on April 22, 1946, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
March 2, 1925 (Associate Justice) and July 3, 1941 (Chief Justice)

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Second Circuit, March 16, 1925-October 13, 1941
Fourth Circuit, October 14, 1941-April 22, 1946
District of Columbia Circuit, October 14, 1941-April 22, 1946

Education:
Amherst College, B.A., 1894
Amherst College, M.A., 1897
Columbia Law School, LL.B., 1898

Professional Career:

Faculty, Columbia Law School, 1898-1905, 1910-1923; dean, 1910-1923
Clerk in private practice, New York City, 1898-1899
Private practice, New York City, 1905-1910
Member, War Department Board of Inquiry, 1918-1919
Attorney General of the United States, 1924
Presiding officer, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges (now Judicial Conference of the United States), 1941-1945

Bibliography

Burlingham, Charles C. “Harlan Fiske Stone.” American Bar Association Journal, vol. 32, no. 6 (June 1946): 322-24.

Konefsky, Samuel J. Chief Justice Stone and the Supreme Court. New York: MacMillan, 1971.

Levanthal, Harold. “Harlan Fiske Stone.” New York State Bar Journal, vol. 46, no. 1 (Jan. 1977): 24-7, 54-60.

Mason, Alpheus Thomas. Harlan Fiske Stone: Pillar of the Law. New York: Viking Press, 1956.

________. “Harlan Fiske Stone and F.D.R.’s Court Plan.” Yale Law Journal, vol. 61, no. 6 (June/July 1952).

________. “Harlan Fiske Stone Assays Social Justice, 1912-1913.” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 99, no. 7 (May 1951): 887-918.

________. “Harlan Fiske Stone: In Defense of Individual Freedom, 1918-20.” Columbia Law Review, vol. 51, no. 2 (Feb. 1951): 147-69.

Parker, John J. “Harlan F. Stone: A Liberal in the American Pattern.” Syracuse Law Review, vol. 1, no. 1 (Spring 1949): 2-8.

Powell, Richard Roy Belden. “Harlan F. Stone.” University of Pennsylvania Law Review, vol. 94, no. 4 (July 1946): 355-64.

Schepard, Eric. “Why Harlan Fiske Stone (Also) Matters.” Howard Law Journal, vol. 56, no. 1 (2012): 85-130.

“Personal Sketches: Hon. Harlan Fiske Stone, Attorney General of the United States.” Lawyer and Banker and Southern Bench and Bar Review, vol. 17, no. 4 (Jul.-Aug. 1924): 267-69.

Manuscript Collections

Columbia University School of Law
New York, N.Y.
Harlan Fiske Stone papers, 1910-1923.
12 ft.; collection contains Stone's office files during his deanship of the Columbia University Law School, which include correspondence, reports of school activities, lecture notes, and photos.

Library of Congress
Washington, D.C.
Harlan Fiske Stone papers, 1889-1953.
36.6 linear ft. (26,500 items); finding aid; collection consists of family and general correspondence, subject files, U.S. Supreme Court files, and miscellany.

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