Research topic: Frederick Moore Vinson

Frederick Moore Vinson 1890-1953, 13th Chief Justice of the United States (1946-53), b. Louisa, Ky. He received his law degree from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky (1911). He served (1923-29, 1931-38) in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he was notable as a fiscal expert. He resigned from Congress to become associate justice of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, and later chief justice of the U.S. Emergency Court of Appeals. He was director of the Office of Economic Stabilization (1943-45) and served briefly as federal loan administrator (Mar., 1945) and as director... Read more