OWEN J. ROBERTS

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FULL NAME:
Owen Josephus Roberts

BORN:
May 2, 1875;
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

DIED:
May 17, 1955 (age 80)
West Vincent Township, Pennsylvania;

EDUCATION:
University of Pennsylvania (AB, 1895)
University of Pennsylvania Law School (LLB, 1898)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1898-1903:
Practiced Law in Philadelphia. PA
1898-1919:
Professor, University of Pennsylvania Law School
1903-1906:
First Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia County, PA
1918:
Special Deputy U.S. Attorney General for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 
1930-1945:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
University of Pennsylvania Law Review
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia

OBITUARY:
New York Times

PORTRAITS: 

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Artist: Alfred Jonniaux (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)