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Robert Houghwout Jackson

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Robert Houghwout Jackson , 1892-1954, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1941-54), b. Spring Creek, Pa. Despite the fact that he did not have a law degree, he was admitted to the bar in 1913 after a brief period of study at Albany law school. In 1934, he was appointed general counsel of the Bureau of Internal Revenue. From 1936 to 1938 he served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the antitrust division. A strong advocate of New Deal policies, Jackson became (1938) U.S. Solicitor General. In 1940, he became U.S. Attorney General, and in 1941 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed... Read more
Jackson, Robert 1892-1954
American Decades JACKSON, ROBERT 1892-1954 Associate justice ... trials Small-Town Lawyer Robert Houghwout Jackson was born on 13 February ... Roosevelt appointed Jackson to a commission to study ... judicial system. In 1932 Jackson crisscrossed the state ... Read more

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