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Frederick Moore Vinson
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Frederick Moore Vinson served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Harry S Truman and confirmed Jun 20, 1946.
- Appointed by
- Harry S Truman
- Confirmed
- Jun 20, 1946
- Born
- 1890
Appointments
- Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia CircuitFranklin D. Roosevelt · Dec 9, 1937 – May 28, 1943
- Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesHarry S Truman · Jun 20, 1946 – Sep 8, 1953
Education
- Centre CollegeB.A., 1909
- College of Law of Central UniversityLL.B., 1911
Career
Private practice, Louisa, Kentucky, 1911-1917, 1919-1924; City attorney, Louisa, Kentucky, 1913; U.S. Army private and officer trainee, 1917-1919; Commonwealth attorney, Thirty-Second Judicial District, Kentucky, 1921-1924; U.S. representative from Kentucky, 1923-1929, 1931-1938; Private practice, Ashland, Kentucky, 1929-1931; Director, Office of Economic Stabilization, 1943-1945; Administrator, Federal Loan Administration, 1945; Director, Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion, 1945; Secretary of the Treasury, 1945-1946; Presiding officer, Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, 1946-1948, andJudicial Conference of the United States, 1948-1953
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