Robert Houghwout Jackson

Robert Houghwout Jackson

Biography of Robert Houghwout Jackson

Biographic Details

  • Family Name (Surname): Jackson
  • First Name: Robert
  • Middle Name: Houghwout
  • Date of Birth: February , 13 , 1892
  • Place of Birth (POB): Spring Creek , Pennsylvania (US-PA, PA, 42, Pa., Penn., Penna.)
  • Date of Death: October , 9 , 1954
  • Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
  • Gender Identity: Male
  • Race or Ethnicity: White

Robert Houghwout Jackson Court Service Information

  • Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
  • Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
  • Appointment under the Presidency of: Franklin D. Roosevelt ( Democratic )
  • Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 06/12/1941
  • Seat vacated by: Stone , Harlan F.
  • Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 06/12/1941
  • Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
  • Committee action date: 06/30/1941
  • Senate voice vote?: Yes
  • Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 07/07/1941
  • Commission Date: 07/11/1941
  • Date of Termination: 10/09/1954
  • Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Robert Houghwout Jackson in the Law School

  • Name of School: Albany Law School

Second Law School Attendance

  • Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
  • Law Degree Year: 1913

Robert Houghwout Jackson Career Path

Employment:

  • Private practice, Jamestown, New York, 1913-1917, 1918-1934
  • Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1917-1918
  • Corporation counsel, Jamestown, New York, 1918-1934
  • General counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1934-1935
  • Special counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1935-1938
  • Special counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935-1938
  • Assistant attorney general, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1936-1938
  • Solicitor general of the United States, 1938-1939
  • Attorney General of the United States, 1940-1941
  • Chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1946

    Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

    Allotment as Circuit Justice:

  • Second Circuit, October 14, 1941-November 12, 1945, October 14, 1946-October 9, 1954

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