Edward D. White

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Edward D. White was the ninth Chief Justice of the United States, known for his conservative jurisprudence and influential role on the Supreme Court in the early 20th century.

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instanceOf Chief Justice of the United States
human
appointedBy Grover Cleveland
President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft
buriedIn Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
surface form: Oak Hill Cemetery (Washington, D.C.)
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1845-11-03
dateOfDeath 1921-05-19
educatedAt Georgetown University
Mount St. Mary’s College
surface form: Mount St. Mary’s University

Tulane University
endTime (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) 1910
endTime (Chief Justice of the United States) 1921
endTime (United States Senator) 1894
ethnicGroup White American
familyName White
father Edward Douglass White
surface form: Edward Douglass White Sr.
givenName Edward
knownFor conservative jurisprudence
doctrine of reasonableness in antitrust law
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
militaryBranch Confederate States Army
mother Catherine Sidney Lee Ringgold
ninthHolderOfOffice Chief Justice of the United States
nobleTitle none
notableWork majority opinion in Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey v. United States
majority opinion in United States v. American Tobacco Co.
opinions in Insular Cases
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
officeContested Governor of Louisiana
participantIn American Civil War
placeOfBirth Lafourche Parish, Louisiana NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States
United States Senator
member of the Louisiana State Senate
precededBy Melville Fuller
religion Roman Catholicism
residence New Orleans
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana

Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
startTime (Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States) 1894
startTime (Chief Justice of the United States) 1910
startTime (United States Senator) 1891
stateRepresented Louisiana
succeededBy President William Howard Taft
surface form: William Howard Taft

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