Pierce Butler
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Pierce Butler was a conservative Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in the early 20th century, known for opposing New Deal legislation and favoring limited federal power over the economy.
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American
→
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → judge → lawyer → person → |
| appointedBy | Warren G. Harding → |
| barAdmission | Minnesota bar → |
| boardMemberOf |
Great Northern Railway
→
surface form:
Great Northern Railway (as attorney and counsel)
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| burialPlace |
Calvary Cemetery, Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
→
surface form:
Calvary Cemetery, St. Paul, Minnesota
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| causeOfDeath | circulatory disease (heart-related) → |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America → |
| dateOfBirth | 1866-03-17 → |
| dateOfDeath | 1939-11-16 → |
| educatedAt |
Carleton College
→
University of Minnesota (studied law by reading law, not formal law school) → |
| endTime | 1939-11-16 → |
| era | early 20th-century American judiciary → |
| ethnicGroup | Irish American → |
| familyName | Butler → |
| givenName | Pierce → |
| ideology |
judicial conservatism
→
laissez-faire constitutionalism → |
| knownFor |
membership in the Four Horsemen bloc on the Supreme Court
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opposition to New Deal legislation → support for limited federal power over the economy → |
| legalSpecialty | railroad law → |
| legalTraining | read law → |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States → |
| notableCasePosition |
dissented in Near v. Minnesota
→
dissented in Olmstead v. United States → voted to strike down parts of the New Deal in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States → voted with the majority in Buck v. Bell → |
| numberOfChildren | 7 → |
| occupation |
judge
→
lawyer → |
| partySupport |
Democratic Party
→
surface form:
Democratic Party (Minnesota, pre-appointment)
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| placeOfBirth | Dakota County, Minnesota → |
| placeOfDeath | Washington, D.C. → |
| politicalAlignment | conservative → |
| positionHeld | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States → |
| practicedLawIn | Minnesota → |
| previousWorkLocation |
Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
→
surface form:
St. Paul, Minnesota
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| religion | Roman Catholicism → |
| sexOrGender | male → |
| spouse | Annie M. Cronin → |
| startTime | 1923-01-02 → |
| stateOfPrimaryActivity | Minnesota → |
| workLocation | Washington, D.C. → |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.