Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Personal

Birthday:

3/8/1841

Birthplace:

Boston, MA

Date of Death:

3/6/1935

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

U.S. Army lieutenant, 20th Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment, 1861-1864
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1867-1882
Instructor in constitutional law, Harvard College, 1870-1871
Editor, American Law Review, 1870-1873
Lecturer on common law, Lowell Institute, 1880
Weld professor of law, Harvard Law School, 1882
Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1882-1902; chief justice, 1899-1902

President issued recess appointment to Supreme Court of the United States, August 11, 1902, and subsequently cancelled appointment

Education

Name of School:

Harvard College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1861

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1866

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Theodore Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/4/1902

Termination Date:

1/12/1932

Termination Reason:

Retirement

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
First Circuit, December 8, 1902-January 12, 1932