OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 13, 1890;
Sand Beach, Michigan

DIED:
July 19, 1949;
Detroit, Michigan

EDUCATION:
University of Michigan (AB, 1912)
University of Michigan Law School (LL.B., 1914)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1914-1917:
Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan
1917-1919:
First Lieutenant, U.S. Army
1919-1922:
Chief assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Michigan
1920:
Unsuccessful Candidate for U.S. House of Representatives
1922-1923:
Practiced Law in Detroit, Michigan
1922-1927:
Law Professor, University of Detroit
1923-1930:
Judge, Detroit Recorder’s Court
1930-1933:
Mayor, Detroit, Michigan,
1933-1935:
Governor General, Philippines
1935-1936:
High Commissioner, Philippines
1937-1938:
Governor of Michigan
1939-1940:
U.S. Attorney General of the United States
1940-1949:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

PORTRAITS:

Artist: Elek Kanarek (U.S. Supreme Court Collection)

Artist: Augustus Vincent Tack (DOJ Portrait)

RESOURCES:

8/7/1939: President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs a bill to establish a new organization handling the administration of the U,S. Courts. From L-R: Former Attorney General Homer S. Cummings, President Roosevelt, and Attorney General Frank Murphy (Harris & Ewing/ Library of Congress)

BIOGRAPHIES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Department of Justice
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
UVA Miller Center
Detroit Historical Society
State Bar of Michigan
Wikipedia

PAPERS:
University of Michigan