Abe Fortas

Abe Fortas

Biography of Abe Fortas

Biographic Details

  • Family Name (Surname): Fortas
  • First Name: Abe
  • Date of Birth: June , 19 , 1910
  • Place of Birth (POB): Memphis , Tennessee (US-TN, TN, 47, Tenn)
  • Date of Death: April , 5 , 1982
  • Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
  • Gender Identity: Male
  • Race or Ethnicity: White

Abe Fortas Court Service Information

  • Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
  • Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
  • Appointment under the Presidency of: Lyndon B. Johnson ( Democratic )
  • Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 07/28/1965
  • Seat vacated by: Goldberg , Arthur J.
  • Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 07/28/1965
  • Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
  • Committee action date: 08/10/1965
  • Senate voice vote?: Yes
  • Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 08/11/1965
  • Commission Date: 08/11/1965
  • Date of Termination: 05/14/1969
  • Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Abe Fortas in the Law School

  • Name of School: Southwestern College, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
  • Law Degree Year: 1930

Second Law School Attendance

  • Law Degree (Name of School): Yale Law School
  • Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
  • Law Degree Year: 1933

Abe Fortas Career Path

Employment:

  • Assistant chief, Legal Division, Agricultural Adjustment Administration, 1933-1934
  • Assistant professor of law, Yale Law School, 1934-1939
  • Assistant director, Corporate Reorganization Study, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1937
  • Assistant director, Public Utilities Division, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1937-1939
  • General counsel, Bituminous Coal Division, Public Works Administration, 1939-1941
  • Director, Division of Power, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1941-1942
  • Undersecretary of the interior, 1942-1946
  • Private practice, Washington, D.C., 1946-1965, 1969-1982
  • Nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, June 26, 1968; nomination withdrawn by president, October 4, 1968

    Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

    Allotment as Circuit Justice:

  • First Circuit, October 11, 1965-May 14, 1969
  • Seventh Circuit, June 16, 1967-October 8, 1967

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