Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr.

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Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr.

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court

Also known as: Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr.

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In full:: Wiley Blount Rutledge, Jr.

Born:: July 20, 1894, Cloverport, Kentucky, U.S.

Died:: September 10, 1949, York, Maine (aged 55)

Title / Office:: Supreme Court of the United States (1943-1949), United States; supreme court (1943-1949), United States

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Wiley B. Rutledge, Jr. (born July 20, 1894, Cloverport, Kentucky, U.S.—died September 10, 1949, York, Maine) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1943–49). Rutledge taught high school and studied law in his youth, receiving his law degree from the University of Colorado in 1922. After two years of private practice, he taught law at various universities until his appointment to the federal Court of Appeals in the District of Columbia in 1939. In 1943 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Rutledge to the Supreme Court. Rutledge was almost immediately called upon to cast the deciding vote in ...(100 of 229 words)

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