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many branches - quiz

A number of Justices served in all three branches of government. Match the clues to the Justice.


John Marshall
1. This is the only person in American history to serve as a Congressman, Senator, Cabinet Officer, Governor of a State and Supreme Court Justice. He was from South Carolina.

Frank Murphy
2. This Justice was Congressman from Virginia and Secretary of State before his Appointment.

Sherman Minton
3. This Justice was both a Governor of Ohio and Senator and Secretary of the treasury before coming to the Court.

Nathan Clifford
4. This Justice was mayor of Cleveland and a Senator from Ohio prior to his appointment to the Bench.

James M. Wayne
5. This Justice was Mayor of Detroit, Governor of Michigan, and a U.S. Attorney general.

Harold H. Burton
6. This Justice served as a Congressman from Maine, Attorney General and a Special Ambassador to Mexico before coming to the Court.

James F. Byrne
7. This Justice was a member of the Continental Congress. After leaving the Court, he became Governor of his home state of New York.

Salmon P. Chase
8. Who is the Justice whose earlier service was as Mayor of Savannah and U.S. Senator from Georgia.

John Jay
9. This Justice was U.S. Senator from Mississippi and Secretary of the Interior before coming to the Bench.

Lucius Q. Lamar
10. This Justice was Senator from Indiana and a member of the White House staff before his appointment.


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many branches - quiz

Most modern Justices left the Supreme Court by retiring. But many Justices in the past have moved to other positions or to pursue political purposes. Name the Justices from the clues.


1. Believe it or not, this Justice retired to become Chief Justice of South Carolina.

2. This Justice resigned because of ill health, but lived another twenty-five years before his death.

3. This Justice left the Court to become United States Senator from Illinois.

4. This Justice resigned to accept the Republican nomination for President.

5. This Justice resigned to lead a public campaign urging the U.S entry into the League of Nations.

6. This Justice left to become Governor of New York.

7. This Justice left to devote his time to the celebration of the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution.

8. Upon leaving the High Court, this Justice became Dean of the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

9. This Justice resigned at the request of the President to Become Ambassador to the United Nations.

10. This Justice left to become “Assistant President” to Franklin D. Roosevelt during World War II.


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1. This Justice wrote a five-volume biography of George Washington.

2. This Justice wrote an historical sketch on the political battles surrounding the impeachment trials of Samuel Chase and Andrew Johnson.

3. This Justice wrote a comparative study of the legal systems of India and the United States.

4. This Justice’s Civil War diaries and letters have been published.

5. This Justice wrote an analysis of Roosevelt’s efforts to “pack” the Court.

6. This Justice wrote a biography of Revolutionary War General Nathaniel Greene.

7. This Justice wrote influential treatises on many aspects of law, including equity, contracts and constitutional law.

8. This Justice’s oral history interviews became a best selling book.

9. This Justice had two best selling books condensed by Readers Digest.

10. These two Justices were the subjects of biographies written by their wives.


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1. This Justice was an actuary.

2. This Justice was a professional football player.

3. This Justice was a custom’s collector.

4. This Justice was a newspaper owner.

5. This Justice was a practicing physician.

6. This Justice was giving singing lessons.

7. This Justice was a page boy in the State Senate.

8. This Justice played semi-pro baseball.

9. This Justice played violin in a jazz band.

10. This Justice was an insurance accountant.


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