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EARL WARREN
was born in Los Angeles, California, on March 19, 1891.
He was graduated from the University of California in
1912 and received a law degree in 1914. He practiced for
a time in law offices in San Francisco and Oakland. In
1919, Warren became Deputy City Attorney of Oakland, beginning
a life in public service. In 1920, he became Deputy Assistant
District Attorney of Alameda County. In 1925, he was appointed
District Attorney of Alameda County, to fill an unexpired
term, and was elected and re-elected to the office in
his own right in 1926, 1930, and 1934. In 1938, he was
elected Attorney General of California. In 1942, Warren
was elected Governor of California, and he was twice re-elected.
In 1948, he was the Republican nominee for Vice President
of the United States, and in 1952, he sought the Republican
party’s nomination for President. On September 30,
1953, President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated Warren
Chief Justice of the United States under a recess appointment.
The Senate confirmed the appointment on March 1, 1954.
Warren served as Chairman of the Judicial Conference of
the United States from 1953 to 1969 and as Chairman of
the Federal Judicial Center from 1968 to 1969. He also
chaired the commission of inquiry into the assassination
of President John F. Kennedy in 1963. He retired on June
23, 1969, after fifteen years of service, and died on
July 9, 1974, at the age of eighty-three. |
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