Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954

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U.S. Attorney General.

From the description of Papers, 1940-1941. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 41571245

U.S. Supreme Court justice, attorney general, and solicitor general, and lawyer.

From the description of Robert Houghwout Jackson papers, 1816-1983 (bulk 1934-1954). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70982879

Supreme Court Justice.

From the description of Reminiscences of Robert Houghwout Jackson : oral history, 1952. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309739853

Robert Houghwout Jackson (b. Feb. 13, 1892-d. Oct. 9, 1954), lawyer, was United States Attorney General and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was also the chief United States prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials before the International Military Tribunal (IMT).

From the description of Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10580321

Biographical Note

  • 1892, Feb. 13: Born, Spring Creek Township, Waren Co. Pa.
  • 1912: Graduation certificate, Albany Law School, Union University, Albany, N.Y. (degree awarded June 1941 as a member of the class of 1912)
  • 1913: Admitted to the bar in New York
  • 1916: Married Irene Gerhardt
  • 1918: Corporation counsel, Jamestown, N.Y.
  • 1919: Junior partner, law firm of Dean, Edson and Jackson
  • 1923: Formed law partnership with Henry S. Manley and Gerald A. Herrick
  • 1927 - 1933 : Member, law firm of Jackson and Herrick
  • 1932: Member, Commission to Investigate the Administration of Justice in New York
  • 1934: Assistant general counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue
  • 1935: Assistant attorney general, Tax Division, Department of Justice
  • 1936: Assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, Department of Justice
  • 1938: Solicitor general
  • 1940: Attorney general
  • 1941 - 1954 : Associate justice, United States Supreme Court
  • 1945: United States chief of counsel for the prosecution of Axis war criminals, Nuremberg War Crimes Trial
  • 1954, Oct. 9: Died, Washington, D. C.

From the guide to the Robert Houghwout Jackson Papers, 1816-1983, (bulk 1934-1954), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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creatorOf Kemp, Edward Gearing, 1887-1962. Edward G. Kemp papers, 1920-1962 and undated. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Press release and statements from the Nuremberg trials, 1945-1947. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Prentiss Marsh Brown Papers, 1902-1973 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Harold H. Burton papers, 1792-1965 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Harold H. Burton papers, 1792-1965 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Office of the US Chief for Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Office of the US Chief of Counsel records relating to defendant Artur Seyss-Inquart legal documents articles. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Wiley Rutledge Papers, 1912-1984, (bulk 1935-1951) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Murphy, Frank, 1890-1949. Papers, 1908-1949 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. Letter to Fulmer Mood : Washington, D.C. : LS, 1941 Dec. 3. UC Berkeley Libraries
creatorOf Papers of E. Barrett Prettyman, Jr. 1944 (1953-1955)-1982 University of Virginia, Arthur J. Morris Law Library
referencedIn Fenton Historical Society (Jamestown, N.Y.). Robert Houghwout Jackson collection, 1920-1979. New York State Historical Documents (Albany, N.Y.)
referencedIn Roosevelt, Franklin D. Letters 66-115; 71-165; 2012-196., 1918, 1933-1945 Dolph Briscoe Center for American History
referencedIn George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Pell, Herbert Claiborne, 1884-1961. Papers, 1912-1960. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Nuremberg Trial Collection, 1945-1950 Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections
creatorOf Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. Papers, 1940-1941. Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library
creatorOf Robert Houghwout Jackson Papers, 1816-1983, (bulk 1934-1954) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. David Diamond papers, 1925-1968. SUNY at Buffalo, University at Buffalo
creatorOf Wyatt, Walter, 1893-1978. Papers of Walter Wyatt [manuscript], 1916-1963. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn National Progressive League. Papers, 1931-1932 New York State Library
referencedIn James K. Pollock papers, 1920-1968 Bentley Historical Library
creatorOf Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. Letter to [Albert Craig] Baird. Washington, DC. 1940 May 9. University of Iowa Libraries
referencedIn Sun Company. Office of the president,. Files of J. Howard Pew, 1918-1947. Hagley Museum & Library
creatorOf Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. Records. Series IV., Author and Book Designer Files, 1911-1979 (bulk 1920-1960). Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
referencedIn Warren, Earl. Earl Warren Papers. 1864-1974. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Hugo LaFayette Black Papers, 1883-1976, (bulk 1926-1971) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Burlingham, Charles Culp, 1858-1959. Papers, 1876-1960 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Pollock, James K. (James Kerr), 1898-1968. James Kerr Pollock papers, 1920-1968. Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Robinson, Elmer E., 1894-1982,. Americana, 1765-1969. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Jackson, Robert Houghwout, 1892-1954. Reminiscences of Robert Houghwout Jackson : oral history, 1952. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
referencedIn Frankfurter, Felix, 1882-1965. Papers of Felix Frankfurter, 1900-1965. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Wendell Berge Papers, 1907-1950, (bulk 1920-1947) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
creatorOf National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records, 1933 - 1949. Documentation from Nuremberg Military Tribunal Cases, 1946 - 1949. National Archives at College Park
creatorOf National Archives Collection of World War II War Crimes Records, 1933 - 1949. Documentation from Nuremberg Military Tribunal Cases, 1946 - 1949. National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Morgenthau, Henry, 1891-1967. Papers, 1866-1953, 1933-1953 (bulk) Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Anson Phelps Stokes family papers, 1761-1960, 1892-1958 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
creatorOf Frankfurter, Felix. Felix Frankfurter Papers. 1900-1965. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Berger, Raoul. Raoul Berger Papers. 1921-2000. Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
creatorOf Fairman, Charles, 1897-1988. Charles Fairman papers, 1925-1986, undated. South Texas College of Law Houston, The Fred Parks Law Library
referencedIn Office of the US Chief for Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality. Final Argument for the United States of America on the Indicted Organizations transcript. United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
referencedIn Stokes, Anson Phelps, 1874-1958. Anson Phelps Stokes family papers, 1761-1960 (inclusive), 1892-1958 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn George Creel Papers, 1857-1953, (bulk 1896-1953) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Warren, Earl. Earl Warren Papers. 1864-1974. Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Lincoln, Katherine F. (Katherine Fite), 1905-1989. Papers of Katherine Fite Lincoln, 1941-1976 (bulk 1945-1948). Harry S. Truman Library
referencedIn Poole, DeWitt Clinton, 1885-1952. Papers, 1918-1952. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Stuart Chase Papers, 1907-1978, (bulk 1931-1955) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Wilson, Neill Compton, 1889-. Neill Compton Wilson papers, 1944-1969. Stanford University. Department of Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Thomas G. Corcoran Papers, 1792-1982, (bulk 1965-1980) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn John Mason Brown papers, 1922-1967. Houghton Library
referencedIn Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Franklin D., Letters, 1933-1945 University of Texas Libraries
referencedIn Powell, Thomas Reed, 1880-1955. Papers, 1905-1955 Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138
referencedIn Donovan, William J. (William Joseph), 1883-1959,. Nuremberg trials archive, 1933-1946. Campbell University, Wiggins Memorial Library
referencedIn Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972 (bulk 1929-1957) Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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referencedIn Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer. 1860 - 1985. Documentary Films. 1914 - 1944. Nuremberg, 1950 National Archives at College Park
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Tennessee
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Secret service
New York (State)
United States
New York (State)--Jamestown
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Birth 1892-02-13

Death 1954-10-09

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