Harlan Fiske Stone
| Harlan F. Stone | |
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| 12th Chief Justice of the United States | |
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In office July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946 |
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| Nominated by | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Charles Hughes |
| Succeeded by | Fred Vinson |
| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office February 5, 1925 – July 3, 1941 |
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| Nominated by | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Joseph McKenna |
| Succeeded by | Robert Jackson |
| 52nd United States Attorney General | |
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In office April 7, 1924 – March 1, 1925 |
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| President | Calvin Coolidge |
| Preceded by | Harry Daugherty |
| Succeeded by | John Sargent |
| Personal details | |
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Harlan Fiske Stone October 11, 1872 Chesterfield, New Hampshire, U.S. |
| Died | April 22, 1946 (aged 73) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Agnes Harvey (1899–1946) |
| Children |
Marshall Lauson |
| Education |
Amherst College (BA, MA) Columbia University (LLB) |
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Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American political figure, lawyer, and jurist. A native of New Hampshire, he served as the dean of Columbia Law School, his alma mater, in the early 20th century. As a member of the Republican Party, he was appointed as the 52nd Attorney General of the United States before becoming an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925. In 1941, Stone became the 12th Chief Justice of the United States, serving until his death in 1946 – one of the shortest terms of any Chief Justice. Stone was the first Chief Justice not to have served in elected office. His most famous dictum was: "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern."
Harlan Fiske Stone was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, to Fred Lauson Stone and his wife, Ann Sophia (née Butler) Stone. He prepared at Amherst High School, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1894.
From 1894 to 1895, he was the submaster of Newburyport High School. From 1895 to 1896 he was an instructor in history at Adelphi Academy in Brooklyn, New York.
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