Hugo Lafayette Black

1886–1971 · Clay County, AL

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Aug 18, 1937Death, Sep 25, 1971

Education

  • University of Alabama School of Law, LL.B., 1906

Professional Career

Private practice, Ashland, Alabama 1906-1907; Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1907-1917, 1919-1927; Judge, Birmingham [Alabama] Police Court, 1910-1911; Prosecutor, Birmingham, Alabama, 1914-1917; U.S. Army captain, 1917-1919; U.S. senator from Alabama, 1927-1937; Presiding officer, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1953

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