OVERVIEW:

BORN:
February 3, 1862;
Elkton, Kentucky

DIED:
August 24, 1946 (age 84)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Vanderbilt University (BS, 1882)
University of Virginia School of Law  (LLB, 1884)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1884:
Secretary, U.S. Senator Howell E. Jackson 
1884-1903:
Practiced Law in Nashville, Tennessee
1900-1903:
Professor, Vanderbilt University
1903-1907:
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice
1910-1911:
Assistant Attorney General, Department of Justice
1907-1910, 1911-1913:
Practiced Law in New York City
1913-1914:
U.S. Attorney General
1914-1941:
Associate Justice , U.S. Supreme Court

RESOURCES:
Department of Justice
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Miller Center
University of Virginia (Papers)
Wikipedia

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