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BENJAMIN NATHAN
CARDOZO was born in New York, New York, on May 24, 1870.
He was admitted to Columbia University at the age of fifteen,
was graduated in 1889, and earned a graduate degree in
1890. Cardozo studied law at Columbia University and was
admitted to the bar in 1891 before obtaining a degree.
He began practicing appellate law with his older brother,
and remained in private practice for twenty-three years.
In 1914, Cardozo was elected to the New York Supreme Court,
the state’s trial bench. Later that year, the Governor
of New York appointed him to a temporary position on the
New York Court of Appeals. Cardozo was elected to a full
term as an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals in
1917, and in 1926 he became Chief Judge. His writings
were used as a handbook for lawyers and his lectures at
Yale Law school were expanded and published. On February
15, 1932, President Herbert Hoover nominated Cardozo to
the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate confirmed
the appointment on February 24, 1932. Cardozo served on
the Supreme Court for six years. He died on July 9, 1938,
at the age of sixty-eight. |
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