Justice John Marshall Harlan #89 (1899-1971)
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Justice John Marshall Harlan #89 (1899-1971)

Justice John Marshall Harlan #89 (1899-1971). Justice Harlan autographs a letter on Supreme Court letterhead dated May 14, 1960, thanking one William stanhope for the birthday wish. There are three photographs: one displaying the Justice in his robes a candid shot of the Justice in a suit and a picture of the Justice as the newest member of the earl warren court.

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John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971), Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990)
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John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971), Arthur Goldberg #94 (1908-1990)

John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971) Justice Harlan’s grandfather sat on the supreme court from (1877-1911). Justice Harlan II was a nomination made by President Eisenhower and he autographs a letter on supreme court stationary dated October 24, 1955, addressed to Mr. Phillip Maroney.

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Harlan F. Stone #73 (1872 - 1946)
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Harlan F. Stone #73 (1872 - 1946)

Harlan F. Stone #73 was nominated to the court by President Calvin Coolidge in, 1925 and in 1941 continued thereafter as the 13th Chief Justice until his death in 1946 under President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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John Marshall Harlan #44 (1833-1911)
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John Marshall Harlan #44 (1833-1911)

John Marshall Harlan #44 (1833-1911) Justice Harlan was nominated to the court by President Rutherford Hayes who took his seat by acclamation in 1881. Harlan was born in Kentucky to a slaveholding family but he was the only Justice to dissent in the case of Plessey v Ferguson. Until the 1880’s white and black Americans mixed freely.

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12th Chief Harlan F. Stone #73 (1872-1946)
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12th Chief Harlan F. Stone #73 (1872-1946)

12th Chief Harlan F. Stone #73 (1872 -1946)

Chief Stone became the Chief Justice on July 3, 1941 and was nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Stone had originally served the Court as an Associate Justice and was nominated by President Calvin Coolidge.

The Chief attended Columbia law. And later Attorney General. Stone was the first Justice to be named Associate and Chief consecutively.

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John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971), William J. Brennan, Jr. #90 (1908-1997)
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John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971), William J. Brennan, Jr. #90 (1908-1997)

John Marshall Harlan II #89 (1899-1971) Harlan was nominated to the Court by Dwight D. Eisenhower he was accepted by the senate and was sworn on March 28, 1955.

William J. Brennan, Jr. #90 (1908-1997) had no forefather on the Court he was nominated the old-fashioned way. Brennan stayed on the Court for thirty-three years.

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