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Stanley Forman Reed

Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States

Stanley Forman Reed served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt and confirmed Jan 25, 1938.

Appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Confirmed
Jan 25, 1938
Born
1884

Appointments

  • Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesFranklin D. Roosevelt · Jan 25, 1938 – Apr 2, 1980

Education

  • Columbia Law School
  • University of Virginia School of Law
  • Kentucky Wesleyan CollegeB.A., 1902
  • Yale CollegeB.A., 1906
  • Read law1910

Career

U.S. Army first lieutenant, Intelligence Division, 1917-1918; Private practice, Maysville and Ashland, Kentucky, 1910-1929; State representative, Kentucky, 1912-1916; General counsel, Federal Farm Board, 1929-1932; General counsel, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, 1932-1935; Solicitor general of the United States, 1935-1938

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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.

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Capitol Receipts, “Judge Stanley Forman Reed, Supreme Court of the United States,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1386811/stanley-forman-reed (accessed 2026-10-15).

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