William Joseph Brennan Jr.

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/William_Joseph_Brennan_Jr.

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:Harvard_Law_School gptkb:University_of_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:appointedBy	gptkb:Dwight_D._Eisenhower
gptkbp:awards	gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate	April 25, 1906
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Newark,_New_Jersey,_United_States
gptkbp:children	gptkb:William_J._Brennan_III
gptkbp:deathDate	July 24, 1997
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Washington,_D.C.,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity	Irish-American
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	William Joseph Brennan Jr.
gptkbp:knownFor	expansive interpretation of the Bill of Rights advocacy for individual rights liberal opinions
gptkbp:militaryRank	Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService	gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Abington_School_District_v._Schempp gptkb:Baker_v._Carr gptkb:Cooper_v._Aaron gptkb:Eisenstadt_v._Baird gptkb:Frontiero_v._Richardson gptkb:Furman_v._Georgia gptkb:Goldberg_v._Kelly gptkb:Griswold_v._Connecticut gptkb:New_York_Times_Co._v._Sullivan gptkb:Roth_v._United_States gptkb:Texas_v._Johnson Brennan Center for Justice (named in his honor)
gptkbp:occupation	gptkb:judge gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:parent	gptkb:Agnes_McDermott_Brennan gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Sr.
gptkbp:party	gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor	gptkb:Sherman_Minton
gptkbp:religion	gptkb:Roman_Catholicism
gptkbp:serviceYears	1942–1945
gptkbp:signature	William J Brennan Jr signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Marjorie_Leonard gptkb:Mary_Fowler_Brennan
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:David_Souter
gptkbp:termEnd	July 20, 1990
gptkbp:termStart	October 15, 1956
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:William_J._Brennan_Jr.
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5