Disambiguation evidence for Justice Willis Van Devanter via surface form

"Willis Van Devanter"


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appointedBy President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
appointedToEighthCircuitBy Theodore Roosevelt
barAdmission Indiana bar
barAdmission Wyoming bar
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1859-04-17
dateOfDeath 1941-02-08
educatedAt DePauw University
educatedAt University of Cincinnati
surface form: University of Cincinnati College of Law
endTimeOfEighthCircuitJudgeship 1911
endTimeOfPosition 1937-06-02
familyName Van Devanter
givenName Willis
heritage Dutch-American descent
ideology judicial conservatism
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
instanceOf human
knownFor conservative jurisprudence
knownFor opposition to New Deal legislation
legalSpecialty federal constitutional law
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
memberOf conservative bloc of the U.S. Supreme Court
nominatedToSupremeCourtBy President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
notableFor participation in striking down early New Deal measures
notableWork opinions limiting scope of federal regulatory power
occupation judge
occupation lawyer
partOf Four Horsemen (Supreme Court)
surface form: Four Horsemen (U.S. Supreme Court)
placeOfBirth Marion, Indiana, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
politicalAlignment conservative
positionHeld Assistant Attorney General for the Department of the Interior
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
positionHeld Chief Justice of the Wyoming Territorial Supreme Court
positionHeld Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
precededInSupremeCourtSeatBy Edward Douglass White
religion Methodism
residence Cheyenne
surface form: Cheyenne, Wyoming
residence Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
spouse Frances B. Miner
startTimeOfEighthCircuitJudgeship 1903
startTimeOfPosition 1911-12-18
succeededInSupremeCourtSeatBy Hugo L. Black
surface form: Hugo Black
workedIn Washington, D.C.
workedIn Wyoming
surface form: Wyoming Territory