The Supreme Court justices : illustrated biographies, 1789-2012 /

The Supreme Court justices : illustrated biographies, 1789-2012 / edited by Clare Cushman, the Supreme Court Historical Society ; foreword by Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. - Third edition. - xx, 562 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-538) and index.

John Jay / John Rutledge / William Cushing / James Wilson / John Blair, Jr / James Iredell / Thomas Johnson / William Paterson / Samuel Chase / Oliver Ellsworth / Bushrod Washington / Alfred Moore / John Marshall / William Johnson / Brockholst Livingston / Thomas Todd / Gabriel Duvall / Joseph Story / Smith Thompson / Robert Trimble / John McLean / Henry Baldwin / James M Wayne / Roger B Taney / Philip P Barbour / John Catron / John McKinley / Peter V Daniel / Samuel Nelson / Levi Woodbury / Robert C Grier / Benjamin R Curtis / John A Campbell / Nathan Clifford / Noah H Swayne / Samuel F Miller / David Davis / Stephen J Field / Salmon P Chase / William Strong / Joseph P Bradley / Ward Hunt / Morrison R Waite / John Marshall Harlan / William B Woods / Stanley Matthews / Horace Gray / Samuel Blatchford / Lucius Q C Lamar / Melville W Fuller / David J Brewer / Henry B Brown / George Shiras, Jr / Howell E Jackson / Edward Douglass White / Rufus W Peckham / Joseph McKenna / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. / William R Day / William H Moody / Horace H Lurton / Charles Evans Hughes / Willis Van Devanter / Joseph R Lamar / Mahlon Pitney / James C McReynolds / Louis D Brandeis / John H Clarke / William Howard Taft / George Sutherland / Pierce Butler / Edward T Sanford / Harlan Fiske Stone / Owen J Roberts / Benjamin N Cardozo / Hugo L Black / Stanley F Reed / Felix Frankfurter / William O Douglas / Frank Murphy / James F Byrnes / Robert H Jackson / Wiley B Rutledge / Harold H Burton / Fred M Vinson / Tom C Clark / Sherman Minton / Earl Warren / John Marshall Harlan / William J Brennan, Jr / Charles E Whittaker / Potter Stewart / Byron R White / Arthur J Goldberg / Abe Fortas / Thurgood Marshall / Warren E Burger / Harry A Blackmun / Lewis F Powell, Jr / William H Rehnquist / John Paul Stevens / Sandra Day O'Connor / Antonin Scalia / Anthony M Kennedy / David H Souter / Clarence Thomas / Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Stephen G Breyer / John G Roberts, Jr / Samuel A Alito, Jr / Sonia Sotomayor / Elena Kagan / Clare Cushman -- Clare Cushman -- Clare Cushman -- Andre C Laviano -- Clare Cushman -- Danny Moody -- James O'Hara -- Charles F Hickox III and Andrew C Laviano -- James Haw -- James Buchanan -- Clare Cushman -- James Buchanan -- Herbert A Johnson -- David T Pride -- Kathleen Shurtleff -- Peter Gaudioso -- James O'Hara -- David T Pride -- Donald Roper -- John S Goff -- Burnett Anderson -- Robert D Ilisevich -- Burnett Anderson -- Clare Cushman -- David T Pride -- Burnett Anderson -- F Thorton Miller -- John P Frank -- Clare Cushman -- Vincent J Capowski -- Burnett Anderson -- Kathleen Shurtleff -- Burnett Anderson -- David T Pride -- Burnett Anderson -- Burnett Anderson -- Leonard M Niehoff -- David T Pride -- Clare Cushman -- Burnett Anderson -- Jonathan Lurie -- Melissa S Hardin -- David T Pride -- Loren P Beth -- Thomas E Baynes, Jr -- Donald Roper -- Burnett Anderson -- Kathleen Shurtleff -- David T Pride -- David T Pride -- Brian J Moline -- Robert M Warner -- Roy M Mersky -- Clare Cushman -- Clare Cushman -- Burnett Anderson -- James O'Hara -- Gary J Aichele -- Kathleen Shurtleff -- Paul T Heffron -- Burnett Anderson -- Burnett Anderson -- David T Pride -- Burnett Anderson -- Burnett Anderson -- David T Pride -- Philippa Strum -- Clare Cushman -- David T Pride -- Jay S Bybee -- William Reilly -- Burnett Anderson -- Louis Lusky -- Jay S Bybee -- David T Pride -- Hugo L Black, Jr -- John D Fassett -- Philip B Kurland -- James C Duram and Judith Johnson -- Sidney Fine -- Winfred B Moore, Jr -- James M Marsh -- Louis H Pollak -- Jennifer M Lowe -- John Henry Hatcher -- Robert M Langran -- David N Atkinson -- Bernard Schwartz -- Nathan Lewin -- Stephen Wermiel -- Alan C Kohn -- Gil Kujovich -- Dennis J Hutchinson -- Kathleen Shurtleff -- Clare Cushman -- Susan Low Bloch -- Burnett Anderson -- Alan S Madans -- William J Stuntz -- Craig M Bradley -- Robert J Sickels and Clare Cushman -- Clare Cushman -- Sally Katzen -- Richard K Willard -- John J Sullivan -- Christopher Landau -- Edith Lampson Roberts -- Jane Manners -- Clare Cushman -- Jennifer M Lowe -- Clare Cushman -- Clare Cushman. List of Biographies: -- List of biographies -- Foreword-- Acknowledgments -- Credits -- Introduction -- Biographies of the Justices -- Members of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Author affiliations -- Bibliography: -- General sources on the Supreme Court and the Justices -- Sources on individual Justices -- Books about the Supreme Court for young readers -- Books about Supreme Court Justices for young readers-- Index.

Book Description: The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies 1789-2012, Third Edition provides a single-volume reference profiling every Supreme Court justice from John Jay through Elena Kagan. An original essay on each justice paints a vivid picture of his or her individuality as shaped by family, education, pre-Court career, and the times in which he or she lived. Each biographical essay also presents the major issues on which the justice presided. Essays are arranged in the order of the justices' appointments. Lively anecdotes along with portraits, photographs, and political cartoons enrich the text and deepen readers' understanding of the justices and of the Court. The volume includes an extensive bibliography and is indexed for easy research access. New in this edition are: a foreword by Chief Justice John G. Roberts; a revised essay on Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist; updated essays on sitting or recently retired members of the court; new biographies for Chief Justice John G. Roberts and Associate Justices Samuel A. Alito, Elena Kagan, and Sonia M. Sotomayor; an updated listing of members of the Supreme Court with appointment and confirmation dates; and an updated bibliography with key sources on the Supreme Court and the justices. For insightful background and lively commentary on the individuals who have served on the Supreme Court of the United States, there is no better reference than this updated new volume. This is a vital reference work for researchers, students, and others interested in the Supreme Court's past, present, and future.

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