Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872-1946

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Four page letter written by Harlan Fiske Stone to Judge Groner. Stone describes his vacation in Franconia, NH and compares it with an earlier vacation spent in Colorado Springs, CO.

From the description of Letter : Peckett's On-Sugar-Hill, Franconia, NH to Judge Groner, 1943 August 16. (Manchester City Library). WorldCat record id: 31855921

U.S. attorney general, associate and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, and educator.

From the description of Harlan Fiske Stone papers, 1889-1953 (bulk 1925-1946). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 71061337

Dean of the Columbia University School of Law, 1910-1923, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1925-1946.

From the description of Harlan Fiske Stone papers, 1911-1924. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 298686860

Stone was a professor of law (1902-1905) and dean (1910-1923) at Columbia Law School, U.S. attorney general (1924-1925), associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1925-1941), and chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1941-1946).

From the description of Letters to Eldon James, 1926, 1938. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234338505

Biographical Note

  • 1872, Oct. 11: Born, Chesterfield, N.H.
  • 1888 - 1890 : Student, Massachusetts Agricultural College
  • 1894: B.S., Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.
  • 1894 - 1895 : Teacher, Newburyport high school, Newburyport, Mass.
  • 1895 - 1896 : Part-time teacher, Adelphi Academy, New York, N.Y.
  • 1898: LL.B., Columbia University, New York, N.Y. Admitted to the bar
  • 1898 - 1899 : Clerk, Sullivan and Cromwell
  • 1898 - 1903 : Lecturer, Columbia Law School, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
  • 1899: Married Agnes Harvey
  • 1899 - 1905 : Associated with Wilmer and Canfield
  • 1903 - 1905 : Adjunct professor of law, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
  • 1905 - 1910 : Lawyer, Wilmer and Canfield
  • 1910 - 1923 : Professor of law and dean of the law faculty, Columbia University, New York, N.Y.
  • 1923 - 1924 : Head of litigation department, Sullivan and Cromwell
  • 1924 - 1925 : Attorney general of the United States
  • 1925 - 1941 : Associate justice, U.S. Supreme Court
  • 1941 - 1946 : Chief justice of the United States
  • 1946, Apr. 22: Died, Washington, D.C.

From the guide to the Harlan Fiske Stone Papers, 1889-1950, (bulk 1925-1946), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)

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Birth 1872-10-11

Death 1946-04-22

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