Harlan Fiske Stone

Personal

Birthday: 
10/11/1872
Birthplace: 
Chesterfield, NH
Date of Death: 
4/22/1946
Place of Death: 
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Columbia Law School, 1898-1906, 1910-1923; faculty, 1898-1905; professor and dean, 1906; dean, 1910-1923
Clerk in private practice, New York City, 1898-1899
Private practice, New York City, 1905-1910
Attorney General of the United States, 1924

Education

Name of School: 
Amherst College
Degree: 
B.A.
Degree Year: 
1894
Name of School - Second: 
Amherst College
Degree - Second: 
M.A.
Degree Year - Second: 
1897
Name of School - Third: 

Columbia Law School

Public service is a critical component of a legal education and the professional development of our students," said David M. Schizer, Dean and the Lucy G. Moses Professor of Law. "This new guarantee supports a core principle of our school, as we aspire to train lawyers who view pro bono work as central to their commitment to our system of justice.

Degree - Third: 
LL.B.
Degree Year - Third: 
1898

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name: 

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating: 
Calvin Coolidge
Party Affiliation of President: 
Republican
Commission Date: 
2/5/1925
Termination Date: 
7/3/1941
Termination Reason: 
Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Court Name - Second: 
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
Court Name - Second: 

Supreme Court of the United States

Commission Date - Second: 
7/3/1941
Termination Date - Second: 
4/22/1946
Termination Reason - Second: 
Death
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, March 16, 1925-October 13, 1941
Fourth Circuit, October 14, 1941-April 22, 1946
District of Columbia Circuit, October 14, 1941-April 22, 1946