William O. Douglas

William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 ? January 19, 1980) was a United States Supreme Court Associate Justice.

Early life

Douglas was born in Maine, Minnesota. His family moved to California, and then Cleveland, Washington. His father died in Portland, Oregon in 1904, when he was only six years old. His mother moved the family to Yakima, Washington, known as North Yakima at that time.

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Maine - Minnesota - California - Cleveland - Washington - 1904 - Yakima

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He attended Whitman College because his mother refused to pay for him to attend the University of Washington. Douglas was valedictorian of his high school class and, as such, received a scholarship to Whitman. After graduating in 1920 with a bachelors of arts in English and Economics, he spent 1920 and 1921 teaching high school in Yakima. However, he tired of this and decided to pursue a legal career.

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Whitman College - University of Washington - 1920 - 1921

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