Justice Willis Van Devanter

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Justice_Willis_Van_Devanter
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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cincinnati_College_of_Law
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:William_Howard_Taft
gptkbp:birthDate 1859-04-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Marion,_Indiana,_United_States
gptkbp:deathDate 1941-02-08
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Willis Van Devanter
gptkbp:notableFor opposition to New Deal legislation
member of the conservative Four Horsemen on the Supreme Court
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:party gptkb:Republican_Party
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edward_Douglass_White
gptkbp:religion Episcopalian
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Rock_Creek_Cemetery,_Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:servedAs Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Chief Justice of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Kate_Warner
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hugo_Black
gptkbp:termEnd 1937-06-02
gptkbp:termStart 1911-12-16
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sorrells_v._United_States
gptkb:Ashwander_et_al._v._Tennessee_Valley_Authority_et_al.
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6