White, Edward Douglass

Born November 3, 1845, in Lafourche Parish, LA
Died May 19, 1921, in Washington, DC

Federal Judicial Service:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Grover Cleveland on February 19, 1894, to a seat vacated by Samuel Blatchford. Confirmed by the Senate on February 19, 1894, and received commission on February 19, 1894. Service terminated on December 19, 1910, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by William H. Taft on December 12, 1910, to a seat vacated by Melville Weston Fuller. Confirmed by the Senate on December 12, 1910, and received commission on December 12, 1910. Service terminated on May 19, 1921, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
March 12, 1894 (Associate Justice) and December 19, 1910 (Chief Justice)

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Fifth Circuit, April 2, 1894-January 8, 1911, June 12, 1916-October 29, 1916
Third Circuit, May 29, 1906-December 23, 1906
Fourth Circuit, January 9, 1911-May 19, 1921

Education:
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)
Read law, 1868

Professional Career:

Confederate Army lieutenant, 1861-1863
Private practice, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1868-1879
State senator, Louisiana, 1874-1879
Associate justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1879-1880
Private practice and sugar planter, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1880-1891
U.S. senator from Louisiana, 1891-1893

Bibliography

Baier, Paul R. “‘Cricket on the Hearth’: Edward Douglass White and the Constitution.” Loyola Law Review, vol. 56 (2010): 792-824.

Cassidy, Lewis C. The Life of Edward Douglass White: Soldier, Statesman, Jurist, 1845-1921. Ph.D. Georgetown University, 1923.

Davis, John W. “Edward Douglass White.” American Bar Association Journal, vol. 7, no. 8 (Aug. 1921): 377-82.

Forman, William H. Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. American Bar Association Journal, vol. 56, no. 3 (Mar. 1970): 260-2.

Highsaw, Robert Baker. Edward Douglass White, Defender of the Conservative Faith. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1981.

Kent, Andrew. “The Rebel Soldier Who Became Chief Justice of the United States: The Civil War and its Legacy for Edward Douglass White of Louisiana.” American Journal of Legal History, vol. 56, no. 2 (Jun. 2016): 209-64.

Klinkhamer, Marie Carolyn. Edward Douglass White, Chief Justice of the United States. Ph.D. Catholic University Press, 1943.

McDermott, Thomas. “Edward Douglass White: Molder of American Administrative Law.” L.L.M. Diss., Georgetown University, 1948.

Miller, William Timothy. “Edward Douglass White.” Ph.D. Ohio State University, 1933.

Pratt, Walter F. The Supreme Court under Edward Douglass White, 1910-1921. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press, 1999.

Ramke, Diedrich. “Edward Douglass White, Statesman and Jurist.” Ph.D. Louisiana State University, 1940.

Taft, William H. “An Appreciation of Edward Douglass White.” Loyola Law Journal, vol. 7, no. 2 (Apr. 1926): 61-66.

Manuscript Collections

Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, La.
Edward Douglass White papers, 1902, 1916.
2 items; finding aid; a letter directing corrections on the proof copy of a U.S. Supreme Court opinion, and a letter (1916) confirming the appointment of William H. Hunt to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit .

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