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HAROLD H. BURTON
was born in Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts, on June 22,
1888. He was graduated from Bowdoin College in 1909 and
from Harvard Law School in 1912. After law school, Burton
moved to Ohio, engaged in private practice for two years,
and then worked for a public utility in Utah for two years.
When the United States entered World War I, Burton was
working as counsel for an Idaho public utility. He served
in an infantry regiment of the United States Army, and
at the end of the War returned to Cleveland and private
law practice. Burton was elected to the Ohio House of
Representatives in 1929 and the same year was named the
Director of Law for the City of Cleveland, After serving
a brief term as acting Mayor of Cleveland from 1931 to
1932, he was elected Mayor in 1935 and was twice re-elected.
In 1941, Burton was elected to the United States Senate,
where he served four years. President Harry S. Truman
nominated Burton to the Supreme Court on September 19,
1945, and the Senate confirmed the appointment the same
day. Burton retired from the Supreme Court on October
13, 1958, after thirteen years of service. He died on
October 28, 1964, at the age of seventy-six. |
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