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OWEN J. ROBERTS
was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania, on May 2, 1875.
He was graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in
1895 and received a law degree in 1898. Roberts was named
a University Fellow in 1898 and taught in an adjunct capacity
at the University of Pennsylvania until 1919. Roberts
established a law practice in Philadelphia and served
in a number of public offices. In 1901, he was appointed
Assistant District Attorney in Philadelphia and served
until 1904. In 1918, Roberts was appointed a Special Deputy
Attorney General of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
From 1924 to 1930, he served as a Special United States
Attorney to investigate alleged wrongdoing in the Harding
Administration. Roberts briefly returned to private practice
in 1930, but on May 9, 1930, President Herbert Hoover
nominated him to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Senate confirmed the appointment on May 20, 1930.
While on the Court, Roberts oversaw an investigation into
the attack on Pearl Harbor and headed a commission that
traced art objects seized by the Germans in World War
II. Roberts resigned from the Supreme Court on July 31,
1945, after fifteen years of service. He died on May 17,
1955, at the age of eighty. |
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