William Orville Douglas

GPTKB entity

Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:judge
gptkb:person
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Franklin_D._Roosevelt
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Presidential_Medal_of_Freedom
gptkbp:birthDate 1898-10-16
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Maine,_Minnesota,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:William_O._Douglas_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1980-01-19
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Bethesda,_Maryland,_United_States
gptkbp:education gptkb:Columbia_Law_School
gptkb:Whitman_College
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:William_Orville_Douglas
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label William Orville Douglas
gptkbp:knownFor environmentalism
civil liberties advocacy
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:United_States_Army
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor longest-serving justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Wilderness_Bill_of_Rights
gptkb:Go_East,_Young_Man
gptkb:Of_Men_and_Mountains
gptkb:Strange_Lands_and_Friendly_People
gptkb:The_Court_Years,_1939_to_1975
Points of Rebellion
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:lawyer
author
gptkbp:politicalParty gptkb:Democratic_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Louis_Brandeis
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Presbyterianism
gptkbp:signature William O Douglas signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Joan_Martin
gptkb:Kathleen_Heffernan
gptkb:Mercedes_Hester_Davidson
gptkb:Mildred_Riddle
gptkbp:successor gptkb:John_Paul_Stevens
gptkbp:termEnd 1975-11-12
gptkbp:termStart 1939-04-17
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:William_O._Douglas
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4