Robert Houghwout Jackson

1892–1954 · Spring Creek, PA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
Supreme Court of the United StatesAssociate JusticeFranklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Jul 11, 1941Death, Oct 9, 1954

Education

  • Albany Law School
  • Read law, 1913

Professional Career

Private practice, Jamestown, New York, 1913-1917, 1918-1934; Private practice, Buffalo, New York, 1917-1918; Corporation counsel, Jamestown, New York, 1918-1934; General counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1934-1936; Special counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, 1935; Special counsel, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, 1935; Assistant attorney general, Tax Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1936-1937; Assistant attorney general, Antitrust Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 1937-1938; Solicitor general of the United States, 1938-1940; Attorney General of the United States, 1940-1941; Chief U.S. prosecutor, Nuremberg Trials, 1945-1946

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