Attorney General Robert Jackson (Library of Congress)

OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Robert Houghwout Jackson

BORN:
February 13, 1892;
Spring Creek, Pennsylvania

DIED:
October 9, 1954 (age 62);
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Albany Law School,
Read Law (1913)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1913-1917:
Practiced Law in Jamestown, New York
1917-1918:
Practiced Law in Buffalo, New York
1918-1934:
Practiced Law in Jamestown, New York;
Corporation Counsel; Jamestown, New York
1934-1936:
General Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, Department of the Treasury
1935:
Special Counsel, Department of the Treasury
1935:
Special Counsel, Securities and Exchange Commission
1936-1937:
U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Tax Division
1937-1938:
U.S. Assistant Attorney General, Antitrust Division
1938-1940:
U.S. Solicitor General
1940-1941:
U.S. Attorney General
1941-1954:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
1945-1946:
Chief U.S. Prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials

PORTRAIT:

Artist: John C. Johnsen (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)

RESOURCES:

7/11/1941: President Franklin D. Roosevelt congratulates Robert Jackson after he was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. L-R: Mary Jackson, daughter of Mr. Jackson, Mrs. Jackson and Robert Jackson. President Roosevelt is in left foreground (Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Department of Justice
Supreme Court Historical Society
Robert H. Jackson Center
Oyez
UVA Miller Center
Wikipedia

OBITUARIES:
New York Times

RESEARCH:
Archive (Robert H. Jackson Center)
Papers (Library of Congress)
Nuremberg Trials Collection (Yale Law School)