OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Willis Van Devanter

BORN:
April 17, 1859
Marion, Indiana

DIED:
February 8, 1941 (age 81)
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
University of Cincinnati (LLB)

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1881-1884:
Practiced Law in Marion, Indiana
1884-1887:
Practiced Law in Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory
1886:
Member, Commission to Revise the Statutes of Wyoming Territory
1887-1888:
City Attorney, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory,
1888:
Territorial Representative, Wyoming Territory
1890:
Chief Justice, Wyoming Supreme Court
1890-1897:
Practiced Law in Cheyenne, Wyoming,
1896-1903:
Assistant Attorney general, U.S. Department of the Interior
1897-1903:
Professor, Columbia University School of Law
1903-1910:
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1911-1937:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

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

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