Hugo Lafayette Black

Biography of Hugo Lafayette Black

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Black
• First Name: Hugo
• Middle Name: Lafayette
• Date of Birth: February , 27 , 1886
• Place of Birth (POB): Clay County , Alabama (US-AL, AL, Ala.)
• Date of Death: September , 25 , 1971
• Place of Death (POD): Bethesda , Maryland (US-MD, MD, 24, Md.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Hugo Lafayette Black 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): 08/12/1937
• Seat vacated by: Van Devanter , Willis
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 08/12/1937
• Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
• Committee action date: 08/16/1937
• Senate voice vote?: No
• Senate vote Yes/No: 63/16
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 08/17/1937
• Commission Date: 08/18/1937
• Retirement from Active Service: 09/17/1971
• Date of Termination: 09/25/1971
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Hugo Lafayette Black in the Law School

• Name of School: University of Alabama School of Law
• Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1906

Hugo Lafayette Black Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Ashland, Alabama 1906-1907
• Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1907-1917, 1919-1927
• Judge, Birmingham [Alabama] Police Court, 1910-1911
• Prosecutor, Birmingham, Alabama, 1914-1917
• U.S. Army captain, 1917-1919
• U.S. senator from Alabama, 1927-1937

• Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Fifth Circuit, November 8, 1937-September 17, 1971
• Ninth Circuit, June 24, 1957-October 13, 1958
• District of Columbia Circuit, June 24, 1957-October 13, 1958

Resources

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