Minton, Sherman

Born October 20, 1890, in Georgetown, IN
Died April 9, 1965, in New Albany, IN

Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on May 7, 1941, to a seat vacated by Walter Emanuel Treanor. Confirmed by the Senate on May 19, 1941, and received commission on May 22, 1941. Service terminated on October 12, 1949, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States
Nominated by Harry S Truman on September 15, 1949, to a seat vacated by Wiley B. Rutledge. Confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 1949, and received commission on October 5, 1949. Assumed senior status on October 15, 1956. Service terminated on April 9, 1965, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:
October 12, 1949

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Seventh Circuit, October 14, 1949-October 15, 1956

Education:
Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law), LL.B., 1915
Yale Law School, LL.M., 1916

Professional Career:

Private practice, New Albany, Indiana, 1916-1917, 1919-1925, 1928-1933
U.S. Army captain, Motor Transport Corps, 1917-1919
Private practice, Miami, Florida, 1925-1928
Counselor, Indiana Public Service Commission, 1933-1934
U.S. senator from Indiana, 1935-1941
Administrative assistant and liaison to military agencies, Executive Office of the President, 1941

Bibliography

Atkinson, David N. “Justice Sherman Minton and Behavior Patterns Inside the Supreme Court.” Northwestern University Law Review, vol. 69, no. 5 (Nov.-Dec. 1974): 716-38.

________. “Justice Sherman Minton and the Balance of Liberty.” Indiana Law Journal, vol. 50, no. 1 (Fall, 1974): 34-59.

________. “Justice Sherman Minton and the Protection of Minority Rights.” Washington and Lee Law Review, vol. 34, no. 1 (Winter 1977): 97-117.

________. “Mr. Justice Minton and the Supreme Court, 1949-1956.” Ph.D. Diss., University of Iowa, 1969.

Gugin, Linda C. “Sherman Minton: Restraint against a Tide of Activism.” Vanderbilt Law Review, vol. 62, no. 2 (Mar. 2009): 757-94.

________ and James E. St. Clair. Sherman Minton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1997.

Radcliff, William Franklin. Sherman Minton: Indiana’s Supreme Court Justice. Indianapolis: Guild Press of Indiana, 1996.

Stewart, Margaret M. “Madge and Sherman Minton.” Copeia, vol. 2000, no. 1 (Feb. 2000): 304-9.

Manuscript Collections

Indiana Historical Society
Indianapolis, Ind.
Sherman Minton letters, 1949-1955.
1 folder; 4 letters between Minton and Howard Bourne.

Indiana University
Bloomington, Ind.
Sherman Minton papers, 1934-1965.
ca. 2,000 items; finding aid; correspondence, speeches, U.S. Supreme Court case files, newspaper clippings, and miscellaneous documents.

Harry S Truman Library
Independence, Mo.
Sherman Minton papers, 1949-1956.
3 ft.; restricted; collection contains correspondence, memoranda, drafts of legal decisions, and other papers related to Minton's service on the U.S. Supreme Court.

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