Harlan Fiske Stone

Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as the dean of Columbia Law School, Attorney General of the United States, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and later Chief Justice of the United States.

Legal career

Stone attended Columbia Law School from 1895 to 1898 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1898. He became a lawyer in New York City from 1898 onward, initially a member of the firm Satterlee, Sullivan & Stone, and later a member of the firm Sullivan & Cromwell. From 1899-1902 he lectured on law at Columbia Law School; he was a professor there from 1902-05; and eventually became the school's Dean from 1910-23.

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Columbia Law School - New York City

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In 1924 he was appointed United States Attorney General by his Amherst classmate and then-President Calvin Coolidge; in 1925 he was appointed an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, becoming Coolidge's only appointment to the Court.

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United States Attorney General - President - Calvin Coolidge

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As Attorney General, Stone was responsible in 1924 for the appointment of J. Edgar Hoover as head of the Department of Justice's Bureau of Investigation, which was to become the FBI.

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J. Edgar Hoover - Department of Justice - FBI

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In 1941, Stone was elevated to Chief Justice by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and served in that office until his sudden death at age 73 in Washington, D.C. The cause of death was not specified.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Washington, D.C.

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