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FRED M. VINSON
was born in Louisa, Kentucky, on January 22, 1890. He
was graduated from Centre College in 1909 and from its
Law School two years later. In 1911, Vinson was admitted
to the bar and begun to practice law in Ashland, Kentucky.
Vinson became City Attorney of Ashland and, in 1921, Commonwealth’s
Attorney for the County. He was elected to the United
States House of Representatives in 1924 and was re-elected
in 1926. He resumed his Ashland practice for two years
and then won re-election to the House for four consecutive
terms. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed
him to the United States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia Circuit. Vinson served the Roosevelt Administration
during World War II in a succession of positions starting
in 1943; Director of the Office of Economic Stabilization,
Administrator of the Federal Loan Agency, and Director
of the Office of War Mobilization and Reconversion. In
1945, shortly after the end of the War, President Harry
Truman appointed Vinson Secretary of the Treasury. On
June ,6 1946, President Truman nominated Vinson Chief
Justice of the United States. The Senate confirmed the
appointment on June 20, 1946. He served as Chairman of
the Judicial Conference of the United States from 1946
to 1953. Vinson served for seven years as Chief Justice
and died on September 8, 1953, at the age of sixty-three.
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