Charles Evans Whittaker

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Charles Evans Whittaker was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court who served from 1957 to 1962 after a rapid rise through the federal judiciary.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
appointedBy Dwight D. Eisenhower NERFINISHED
barAdmission Missouri NERFINISHED
birthDate 1901-02-22
birthPlace Troy, Kansas NERFINISHED
burialPlace Forest Hill Calvary Cemetery, Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED
causeOfResignation stress of Supreme Court workload
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1973-11-26
deathPlace Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED
educatedAt Kansas City School of Law NERFINISHED
University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law NERFINISHED
endTime 1962-03-31
familyName Whittaker NERFINISHED
gender male
givenName Charles
healthIssue nervous exhaustion
ideology judicial moderation
knownFor rapid rise through the federal judiciary
legalPhilosophy case-by-case adjudication
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
militaryService none
nominatedAs Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
notableCase Baker v. Carr NERFINISHED
notableFor first person to serve on district court, court of appeals, and Supreme Court within a decade
numberOfChildren 3
occupation judge
lawyer
politicalParty Republican Party
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri
postRetirementActivity arbitrator
counsel to General Motors
practicedLawIn Kansas City, Missouri NERFINISHED
precededBy Sherman Minton NERFINISHED
reasonForEndOfPosition resignation
religion Methodism
spouse Winifred Whittaker NERFINISHED
startTime 1957-03-25
succeededBy Byron White NERFINISHED
workedAs farmhand

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Stanley Forman Reed replacedBy Charles Evans Whittaker
Whittaker hasNotableBearer Charles Evans Whittaker
this entity surface form: Charles Whittaker