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SHERMAN MINTON
was born in Georgetown, Indiana, on October 20, 1890.
He received a law degree from Indiana University in 1915,
where among his classmates were future Republican Presidential
candidate, Wendell L. Willkie and future Indiana Governor,
Paul V. McNutt. Minton received an additional degree from
Yale University Law School in 1917 following one year
of graduate study. Minton established a law practice in
New Albany, Indiana, a town near his birthplace. In 1933,
Minton was appointed Public Counselor to the Indiana Public
Service Commission. One year later, he ran successfully
for the United States Senate and levied one six-year term.
In 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Minton
to the White House staff as an administrative assistant
in charge of coordinating military agencies. Later that
year, President Roosevelt appointed Minton to the United
States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, where
he served eight years. President Harry S. Truman nominated
to the Supreme Court of the United Sates on September
15, 1949. The Senate confirmed the appointment on October
4, 1949. Minton retired from the Supreme Court on October
15, 1956, after seven years of service. He died on April
9, 1965, at the age of seventy-four. |
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