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Edward Douglass White
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1894–1910
Edward Douglass White , Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1894 to 1910 and as the ninth Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 until his death in 1921, for a total of 27 years on the bench. He was a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.
Education
- Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)
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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
Biography
Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1894 to 1910 and as the ninth Chief Justice of the United States from 1910 until his death in 1921, for a total of 27 years on the bench. He was a descendant of the Lee family of Virginia.
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