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Thurgood Marshall

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1962–1967

Thurgood Marshall , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 54–16 on the nomination on Sep 11, 1962 (). Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 (1908–1993)

Senate votes
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Positions

  • Solicitor General of the United States1965-08-01–1967-08-01
  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1967-10-02–1991-10-01

Senate confirmation votes

  • Judge of the second circuit court of appeals
    87th Congress ·
    54–16 · Sep 11, 1962

Education

  • Lincoln University, PennsylvaniaA.B., 1930
  • Howard University School of LawLL.B., 1933

Career

Private practice, Baltimore, Maryland, 1933-1937; NAACP, Baltimore [Maryland] Regional Office, 1934-1940; counsel,1934-1936; special assistant counsel, 1936-1938; special counsel, 1938-1940; Director/counsel, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 1940-1961; Solicitor general of the United States, 1965-1967

Biography

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1967 to 1991 (1908–1993)

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