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Harlan F. Stone

1872 - 1946

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Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American attorney who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and then as the 12th chief justice of the United States from 1941 until his death in 1946. He also served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1924 to 1925 under President Calvin Coolidge, with whom he had attended Amherst College as a young man. His most famous dictum was that "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern." Raised in Western Massachusetts, Stone practiced law in New York City after graduating from Columbia Law School. He became the Dean of Columbia Law School and a partner with Sullivan & Cromwell. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Harlan F. Stone is the 40th most popular judge (down from 33rd in 2019), the 11,149th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,351st in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Judge.

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Among judges, Harlan F. Stone ranks 40 out of 53. Before him are John Paul Stevens, Elena Kagan, Vassilios Skouris, Ninian Stephen, Peter Tomka, and Samuel Chase. After him are Nii Amaa Ollennu, George Henry Williams, Neil Gorsuch, Michael Mukasey, George Wythe, and Richard Goldstone.

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Among people born in 1872, Harlan F. Stone ranks 194. Before him are William Desmond Taylor, Harald Natvig, Abdullah Yusuf Ali, Anna Held, James Young, and Mary Engle Pennington. After him are Henry Seiling, William Nicholson, Ralph Lewis, Michael Joseph Savage, Eleanor Hallowell Abbott, and Paul Laurence Dunbar. Among people deceased in 1946, Harlan F. Stone ranks 219. Before him are Ivan Moskvin, Florence Turner, George Cloutier, Mamie Smith, Kate Bruce, and James Cecil Parke. After him are Jeanie MacPherson, Slim Summerville, Charles Oman, Damon Runyon, Herbert Baker, and Lionel Atwill.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harlan F. Stone ranks 11,151 out of 20,380. Before him are William Samuel Johnson (1727), Greg Gianforte (1961), Hillary Brooke (1914), Scott Rudin (1958), Red Skelton (1913), and Mary Engle Pennington (1872). After him are Lena Raine (1984), Erwin Hahn (1921), Les Claypool (1963), Granville Woods (1856), Abraham Baldwin (1754), and Virginia Davis (1918).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Harlan F. Stone ranks 20. Before him are Warren E. Burger (1907), Anthony Kennedy (1936), Brett Kavanaugh (1965), John Paul Stevens (1920), Elena Kagan (1960), and Samuel Chase (1741). After him are George Henry Williams (1823), Neil Gorsuch (1967), Michael Mukasey (1941), Harry Blackmun (1908), Ketanji Brown Jackson (1970), and Potter Stewart (1915).

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