Rutledge, Wiley Blount

Biographical Note

• 1894, July 20: Born, Cloverport, Ky.
• 1914: A.B., University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisc.
• 1915 - 1922 : Taught high school in Indiana, New Mexico, and Colorado
• 1917: Married Annabel Person
• 1922: LL.B., University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo. Admitted to Colorado bar
• 1922 - 1924 : Engaged in private law practice, Boulder, Colo.
• 1924 - 1935 : Associate professor of law, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colo.
• 1926 - 1935 : Professor of law, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo.; Dean of the School of Law, 1931-1935
• 1931 - 1943 : Commissioner, National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Law, representing Missouri, 1931-1935, and Iowa, 1937-1943
• 1935 - 1939 : Professor of law and dean, College of Law, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa
• 1939 - 1943 : Associate justice, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
• 1943 - 1949 : Associate justice, United States Supreme Court
• 1949, Sept. 10: Died, York, Me.

From the guide to the Wiley Rutledge Papers, 1912-1984, (bulk 1935-1951), (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)