Charles Evans Whittaker lived from February 22, 1901 to November 26, 1973 and was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962. After working in private practice in Kansas City, Missouri, he was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri, and in 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower nominated him to the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. In 1957 he won confirmation to the Supreme Court, becoming the first person to serve as a judge on a federal district court, a federal court of appeals and the Supreme Court. During his brief tenure on the Warren Court he emerged as a swing vote; in 1962 he suffered a nervous breakdown and resigned from the Court. After leaving the bench he served as chief counsel to General Motors and frequently criticized the civil rights movement and the Warren Court.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of DeathKansas City, Missouri, U.S. 2 Classification
Field of LawCommercial and Business Law 1 Role
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What is Charles Evans Whittaker remembered for on the Supreme Court?
He is remembered for casting deciding votes with the conservative bloc, not for major opinions of his own.
Charles Evans Whittaker served on the Supreme Court for five years and wrote no major opinions. He is remembered instead for casting the deciding vote with the conservative bloc in a number of decisions, many of which were reversed during or immediately after his tenure. He resigned in 1962 to return to private practice.
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Whittaker joined the law firm of Watson, Ess, Marshall & Enggas in Kansas City, Missouri, where he previously worked full-time as an office boy, and built up a practice in corporate law with the Union Pacific Railroad, Montgomery Ward, and the City National Bank and Trust Company among his clients.
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Troy, Kansas, U.S.
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Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
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Charles Evans Whittaker (February 22, 1901 - November 26, 1973) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962.
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In 1957, he won confirmation to the Supreme Court of the United States, thus becoming the first individual to serve as a judge on a federal district court, a federal court of appeals, and the United States Supreme Court.
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