Justice Harold H. Burton

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Justice Harold H. Burton was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, appointed by President Harry S. Truman, known for his moderate Republican views and participation in landmark mid-20th-century decisions.

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Harry S. Truman ⓘ
barAdmission Ohio ⓘ
child Robert Burton ⓘ
conflict World War I ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1888-06-22 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1964-10-28 ⓘ
educatedAt Bowdoin College ⓘ
Harvard Law School ⓘ
employer Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
endTime as Associate Justice: 1958-10-13 ⓘ
familyName Burton ⓘ
givenName Harold ⓘ
knownFor moderate Republican views ⓘ
participation in landmark mid-20th-century Supreme Court decisions ⓘ
memberOf United States Senate ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
middleName Hitz ⓘ
militaryService United States Army ⓘ
notableWork opinions and votes in civil rights and civil liberties cases on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, United States ⓘ
linked to: Jamaica Plain
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Mayor of Cleveland ⓘ
Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio ⓘ
linked to: Mayor of Cleveland

United States Senator ⓘ
precededBy Owen J. Roberts ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
represented Ohio ⓘ
representedIn United States Senate ⓘ
residence Cleveland, Ohio, United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Selma Florence Smith ⓘ
startTime as Associate Justice: 1945-10-01 ⓘ
succeededBy Potter Stewart ⓘ
votedWithMajorityIn Brown v. Board of Education ⓘ
Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer ⓘ

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Everson v. Board of Education → joinedByInMajority → Justice Harold H. Burton ⓘ
Owen J. Roberts → replacedBy → Harold Hitz Burton (on the U.S. Supreme Court) ⓘ
subject linked to: Justice Owen J. Roberts
linked to: Justice Harold H. Burton
Morgan v. Virginia → dissentBy → Justice Harold Hitz Burton ⓘ
linked to: Justice Harold H. Burton