Oliver Wendell Holmes

Biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Holmes
• First Name: Oliver
• Middle Name: Wendell
• Generational Suffix: Jr.
• Date of Birth: March , 8 , 1841
• Place of Birth (POB): Boston , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
• Date of Death: March , 6 , 1935
• Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Theodore Roosevelt ( Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/02/1902
• Seat vacated by: Gray , Horace
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/02/1902
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/04/1902
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/04/1902
• Commission Date: 12/04/1902
• Date of Termination: 01/12/1932
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Retirement

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in the Law School

• Name of School: Harvard College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1861

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1866

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. Career Path

Employment:

• U.S. Army lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, 1861-1864
• Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1867-1882
• Instructor in constitutional law, Harvard College, 1870-1871
• Editor, American Law Review, 1870-1873
• Lecturer on common law, Lowell Institute, 1880
• Weld professor of law, Harvard Law School, 1882
• Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1882-1902; chief justice, 1899-1902
• President issued recess appointment to Supreme Court of the United States, August 11, 1902, and subsequently cancelled appointment
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• First Circuit, December 8, 1902-January 12, 1932

Resources

Bibliographic references of Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

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