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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.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781608718320 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1608718328 (hbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 1608718336 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781608718337 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xx, 562 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm
- Edition: Third edition.
- Publisher: Thousand Oaks, California : CQ Press, an imprint of SAGE Publications, [2013]
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 516-538) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | List of Biographies: -- John Jay / Clare Cushman -- John Rutledge / Clare Cushman -- William Cushing / Clare Cushman -- James Wilson / Andre C Laviano -- John Blair, Jr / Clare Cushman -- James Iredell / Danny Moody -- Thomas Johnson / James O'Hara -- William Paterson / Charles F Hickox III and Andrew C Laviano -- Samuel Chase / James Haw -- Oliver Ellsworth / James Buchanan -- Bushrod Washington / Clare Cushman -- Alfred Moore / James Buchanan -- John Marshall / Herbert A Johnson -- William Johnson / David T Pride -- Brockholst Livingston / Kathleen Shurtleff -- Thomas Todd / Peter Gaudioso -- Gabriel Duvall / James O'Hara -- Joseph Story / David T Pride -- Smith Thompson / Donald Roper -- Robert Trimble / John S Goff -- John McLean / Burnett Anderson -- Henry Baldwin / Robert D Ilisevich -- James M Wayne / Burnett Anderson -- Roger B Taney / Clare Cushman -- Philip P Barbour / David T Pride -- John Catron / Burnett Anderson -- John McKinley / F Thorton Miller -- Peter V Daniel / John P Frank -- Samuel Nelson / Clare Cushman -- Levi Woodbury / Vincent J Capowski -- Robert C Grier / Burnett Anderson -- Benjamin R Curtis / Kathleen Shurtleff -- John A Campbell / Burnett Anderson -- Nathan Clifford / David T Pride -- Noah H Swayne / Burnett Anderson -- Samuel F Miller / Burnett Anderson -- David Davis / Leonard M Niehoff -- Stephen J Field / David T Pride -- Salmon P Chase / Clare Cushman -- William Strong / Burnett Anderson -- Joseph P Bradley / Jonathan Lurie -- Ward Hunt / Melissa S Hardin -- Morrison R Waite / David T Pride -- John Marshall Harlan / Loren P Beth -- William B Woods / Thomas E Baynes, Jr -- Stanley Matthews / Donald Roper -- Horace Gray / Burnett Anderson -- Samuel Blatchford / Kathleen Shurtleff -- Lucius Q C Lamar / David T Pride -- Melville W Fuller / David T Pride -- David J Brewer / Brian J Moline -- Henry B Brown / Robert M Warner -- George Shiras, Jr / Roy M Mersky -- Howell E Jackson / Clare Cushman -- Edward Douglass White / Clare Cushman -- Rufus W Peckham / Burnett Anderson -- Joseph McKenna / James O'Hara -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. / Gary J Aichele -- William R Day / Kathleen Shurtleff -- William H Moody / Paul T Heffron -- Horace H Lurton / Burnett Anderson -- Charles Evans Hughes / Burnett Anderson -- Willis Van Devanter / David T Pride -- Joseph R Lamar / Burnett Anderson -- Mahlon Pitney / Burnett Anderson -- James C McReynolds / David T Pride -- Louis D Brandeis / Philippa Strum -- John H Clarke / Clare Cushman -- William Howard Taft / David T Pride -- George Sutherland / Jay S Bybee -- Pierce Butler / William Reilly -- Edward T Sanford / Burnett Anderson -- Harlan Fiske Stone / Louis Lusky -- Owen J Roberts / Jay S Bybee -- Benjamin N Cardozo / David T Pride -- Hugo L Black / Hugo L Black, Jr -- Stanley F Reed / John D Fassett -- Felix Frankfurter / Philip B Kurland -- William O Douglas / James C Duram and Judith Johnson -- Frank Murphy / Sidney Fine -- James F Byrnes / Winfred B Moore, Jr -- Robert H Jackson / James M Marsh -- Wiley B Rutledge / Louis H Pollak -- Harold H Burton / Jennifer M Lowe -- Fred M Vinson / John Henry Hatcher -- Tom C Clark / Robert M Langran -- Sherman Minton / David N Atkinson -- Earl Warren / Bernard Schwartz -- John Marshall Harlan / Nathan Lewin -- William J Brennan, Jr / Stephen Wermiel -- Charles E Whittaker / Alan C Kohn -- Potter Stewart / Gil Kujovich -- Byron R White / Dennis J Hutchinson -- Arthur J Goldberg / Kathleen Shurtleff -- Abe Fortas / Clare Cushman -- Thurgood Marshall / Susan Low Bloch -- Warren E Burger / Burnett Anderson -- Harry A Blackmun / Alan S Madans -- Lewis F Powell, Jr / William J Stuntz -- William H Rehnquist / Craig M Bradley -- John Paul Stevens / Robert J Sickels and Clare Cushman -- Sandra Day O'Connor / Clare Cushman -- Antonin Scalia / Sally Katzen -- Anthony M Kennedy / Richard K Willard -- David H Souter / John J Sullivan -- Clarence Thomas / Christopher Landau -- Ruth Bader Ginsburg / Edith Lampson Roberts -- Stephen G Breyer / Jane Manners -- John G Roberts, Jr / Clare Cushman -- Samuel A Alito, Jr / Jennifer M Lowe -- Sonia Sotomayor / Clare Cushman -- Elena Kagan / Clare Cushman. 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. |
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| Subject: | Judges > United States > Biography. United States. Supreme Court > Officials and employees > Biography. United States. Supreme Court > History. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Kirtland Community College Library | KF 8744 .S87 2013 | 30775305505407 | General Collection | Available | - |
Summary:
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.