Wiley Blount Rutledge
| Wiley Rutledge | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office February 11, 1943 – September 10, 1949 |
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| Nominated by | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | James Byrnes |
| Succeeded by | Sherman Minton |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit | |
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In office May 2, 1939 – February 11, 1943 |
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| Nominated by | Franklin Roosevelt |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Thurman Arnold |
| Personal details | |
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Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. July 20, 1894 Cloverport, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Died |
September 10, 1949 (aged 55) York, Maine, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Annabel Person |
| Education |
Maryville College University of Wisconsin, Madison (BA) Indiana University, Bloomington University of Colorado, Boulder (LLB) |
Wiley Blount Rutledge Jr. (July 20, 1894 – September 10, 1949) was an American educator and justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1943–49).
Rutledge was born in Cloverport, Kentucky (more specifically, at nearby Tar Springs) to Wiley Blount Rutledge, Sr. (d. 1944), a Southern Baptist minister, and Mary Lou Wigginton Rutledge (d. 1903). After a brother died in infancy, Wiley's sister Margaret was born in 1897. His family moved about while he was young.
He attended Maryville College and then the University of Wisconsin–Madison, graduating from there in 1914. Rutledge taught high school in Indiana while attending the present-day Indiana University Maurer School of Law part-time. He later moved to Colorado, and received a degree from the University of Colorado Law School in Boulder. While matriculating at Colorado, Rutledge joined the Pi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity.
The year he graduated from law school, on August 28, 1917, Rutledge married Annabel Person. The couple had three children: Mary Lou (1922), Jean Ann (1925), and Neal (1927).
Rutledge worked in private practice in Boulder for a few years before deciding to pursue an academic career. He taught law at the University of Colorado (1924–26) and at Washington University in St. Louis 1926–30 and was Dean 1930–35, where the Wiley Rutledge Moot Court competition is named in his honor. He was named Dean of the University of Iowa College of Law in 1935. From this position, Rutledge was a vocal supporter of Franklin Roosevelt's plan to pack the Supreme Court.
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