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HARLAN FISKE
STONE was born on October 11, 1872, in Chesterfield, New
Hampshire. He was graduated from Amherst College in 1894.
After teaching high school chemistry for one year, he
studied law at Columbia University, where he received
his degree in 1898. In 1899, Stone was admitted to the
bar and joined a New York law firm. For the next twenty-five
years he divided his time between his practice and a career
as a professor of law at Columbia University. He became
Dean of the Law School in 1910 and remained in that position
for thirteen years. In 1924, President Calvin Coolidge
appointed Stone Attorney General of the United States.
The following year, on January 5, 1925, President Coolidge
nominated him to the Supreme Court of the United States.
The Senate confirmed the appointment February 5, 1925.
After sixteen years of service as an Associate Justice,
Stone was nominated Chief Justice of the United States
by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on June 12, 1941. He
served as Chairman of the Judicial Conference of the United
States from 1941 to 1946. Stone served a total of twenty
years on the Court. He died on April 22, 1946, at the
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