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Willis Van Devanter
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Willis Van Devanter served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by William H. Taft and confirmed Dec 15, 1910.
- Appointed by
- William H. Taft
- Confirmed
- Dec 15, 1910
- Born
- 1859
Appointments
- Judge, U.S. Circuit Courts for the Eighth CircuitTheodore Roosevelt · Feb 18, 1903 – Dec 16, 1910
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth CircuitTheodore Roosevelt · Feb 18, 1903 – Dec 16, 1910
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesWilliam H. Taft · Dec 15, 1910 – Feb 8, 1941
Education
- Cincinnati Law School (now University of Cincinnati College of Law)LL.B., 1881
Career
Private practice, Marion, Indiana, 1881-1884; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 1884-1887; Member, commission to revise the statutes of Wyoming Territory, 1886; City attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, 1887-1888; Territorial representative, Wyoming Territory, 1888; Chief justice, Wyoming Supreme Court, 1890; Private practice, Cheyenne, Wyoming, 1890-1897; Assistant attorney general, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1896-1903; Professor, Columbian University School of Law, 1897-1903
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