OVERVIEW:
FULL NAME:
Felix Frankfurter
BORN:
November 15, 1882;
Vienna, Austria
DIED:
February 22, 1965 (age 82);
Washington, DC
EDUCATION:
City College of New York (AB, 1902)
Harvard Law School (LL.B, 1906)
POLITICAL PARTY:
HIGHLIGHTS:
1894:
Immigrated with Parents to New York, NY
1906:
Practiced Law, New York City
1906-1909:
Assistant U.S. Attorney, Southern District of New York,
1910:
Aide, Henry Stimson Campaign for Governor of New York
1911-1914:
Law officer, Bureau of Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of War
1914-1917:
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
1917-1918:
U.S. Army Reserves Major, JAG Department (1917);
Assistant to the Secretary of War;
Member, President’s Commission on Mediation;
Chairman, War Labor Policies Board
1920-1939:
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School:
Byrne Professor of Administrative Law (1924-1939)
1939-1962:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
PORTRAITS:
RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Supreme Court Historical Society
RESEARCH:
Papers (Library of Congress)
OBITUARIES:
New York Times