OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES JR.

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BORN:
March 8, 1841;
Boston, Massachusetts

DIED:
March 6, 1935 (age 93);
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (AB, 1861)
Harvard Law School (LLB, 1866)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1861-1864:
U.S. Army Lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment
1867-1882:
Practiced Law in Boston, Massachusetts
1870-1871:
Instructor in Constitutional Law, Harvard College
1870-1873:
Editor, American Law Review
1880:
Lecturer on Common Law, Lowell Institute
1882:
Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
1882-1899:
Associate Justice, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1899-1902:
Chief Justice Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
1902-1932:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia

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Artist: Charles Sydney Hopkinson (Supreme Court Collection)