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- Nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, June 26, 1968; nomination withdrawn by president, October 4, 1968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
Resources
Bibliographic references of Abe Fortas
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