Willis Van Devanter
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition | Date: 2008
Willis Van Devanter , 1859-1941, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1910-37), b. Marion, Ind. He practiced law (1881-84) in Indiana and, after he removed to Wyoming, became (1889) chief justice of the Wyoming supreme court. He had a prominent role in Republican party politics and served as Assistant U.S. Attorney General (1897-1903) and U.S. circuit court judge (1905-10). Appointed to the Supreme Court by President Taft, Van Devanter was one of the quartet of conservative justices who opposed most of the New Deal legislation.
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