Clement Haynsworth
| Clement Haynsworth | |
|---|---|
| Chief Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
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In office December 3, 1964 – April 6, 1981 |
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| Preceded by | Simon Sobeloff |
| Succeeded by | Harrison Winter |
| Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit | |
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In office April 4, 1957 – April 6, 1981 |
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| Appointed by | Dwight Eisenhower |
| Preceded by | Armistead Dobie |
| Succeeded by | Robert Chapman |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. October 30, 1912 Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Died |
November 22, 1989 (aged 77) Greenville, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education |
Furman University (BA) Harvard University (LLB) |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Navy
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| Battles/wars | World War II |
Clement Furman Haynsworth, Jr. (October 30, 1912 – November 22, 1989), was a United States judge and an unsuccessful nominee for the United States Supreme Court.
Haynsworth was born in Greenville in northwestern South Carolina. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Furman University in 1933 and an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1936. He was in private practice of law in Greenville from 1936 to 1957, aside from his years of service in the United States Navy from 1942 to 1945 during World War II.
Haynsworth was a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, being nominated by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower on February 19, 1957, to a seat vacated by Armistead Mason Dobie. Haynsworth was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 4, 1957, and received his commission the same day. He became chief judge in 1964.
On August 21, 1969, President Richard M. Nixon nominated Haynsworth to be an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. He was proposed to succeed liberal justice Abe Fortas, who had resigned over conflict of interest charges. Haynsworth was opposed by a coalition of Democrats (possibly in retaliation for the Republicans' rejection of Fortas as Chief Justice),Rockefeller Republicans, and the NAACP. He was alleged to have made court decisions favoring segregation and of being reflexively anti-labor. Democratic U.S. Senator Philip Hart of Michigan said that Haynsworth's decisions on civil rights and labor management were "unacceptable," while Republican Senator Marlow Cook of Kentucky argued that Haynsworth was being "subjected to a character assassination that is unjustified." Cook argued that Haynsworth was "a man of honesty and a man of integrity."
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