Earl Warren

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Earl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States, known for leading a transformative Supreme Court that issued landmark civil rights and civil liberties decisions in the 1950s and 1960s.

Aliases (1)

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice of the United States
human
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower
burialPlace Arlington National Cemetery
candidateInElection 1948 United States presidential election
chairpersonOf Warren Commission
conflict World War I
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1891-03-19
dateOfDeath 1974-07-09
educatedAt UC Berkeley School of Law
University of California, Berkeley
endTime 1969-06-23
ethnicGroup Swedish American
familyName Warren
fullName Earl Warren
givenName Earl
knownFor chairing the commission investigating the assassination of John F. Kennedy
expanding civil rights and civil liberties in the United States
judicial activism associated with the Warren Court
leading the Warren Court
memberOfPoliticalParty Republican Party (United States)
militaryService United States Army
notableWork Brown v. Board of Education decision
Gideon v. Wainwright decision
Loving v. Virginia decision
Mapp v. Ohio decision
Miranda v. Arizona decision
Reynolds v. Sims decision
numberOfChildren 6
officeContested Vice President of the United States
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld 14th Chief Justice of the United States
Attorney General of California
District Attorney of Alameda County
Governor of California
precededBy Culbert L. Olson
Fred M. Vinson
religion Baptist
residence Oakland, California, United States
runningMateOf Thomas E. Dewey
signature Signature of Earl Warren.svg
spouse Nina Warren
startTime 1953-10-05
succeededBy Goodwin Knight
Warren E. Burger

Referenced by (38)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Bolling v. Sharpe
Boynton v. Virginia
Cooper v. Aaron
Mapp v. Ohio
Ollie’s Barbecue case
Sherbert v. Verner
chiefJusticeAtDecision
Escobedo v. Illinois
Katzenbach v. Morgan
Mapp v. Ohio
Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District
joinedByInMajority
Bolling v. Sharpe
Brown v. Board of Education
Loving v. Virginia
opinionAuthor
Goodwin Knight
Warren E. Burger
precededBy
Goodwin Knight
appointedBy
Warren Commission
chairperson
Brown v. Board of Education
chiefJustice
Griswold v. Connecticut
chiefJusticeAtTime
Zschernig v. Miller ("Chief Justice Earl Warren")
concurrenceBy
Earl Warren
fullName
Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections
hasChiefJusticeAtDecision
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
hasChiefJusticeInMajority
South Carolina v. Katzenbach
hasMajorityOpinionBy
ABA Medal
hasRecipient
California Governor's Mansion
hasResidentGovernor
Gideon v. Wainwright
joinedBy
Heart of Atlanta Motel, Inc. v. United States
justiceInMajority
Cooper v. Aaron
justiceJoiningOpinion
Engel v. Vitale
majorityJustices
Miranda v. Arizona ("Chief Justice Earl Warren")
majorityOpinionBy
Warren Commission
member
Warren Commission
namedAfter
American Bar Association Medal
notableRecipient
Lieutenant Governor of California
officeHoldersInclude
Bolling v. Sharpe
opinionBy
Culbert Olson
replacedBy
1948 United States presidential election
vicePresidentialRunningMate

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