Willis Van Devanter lived from April 17, 1859 to February 8, 1941 and was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1911 to 1937. He was a staunch conservative and was regarded as part of the Four Horsemen, the conservative bloc that dominated the Supreme Court during much of the 1930s.
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RoleAssociate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States, 1911-1937; member of the conservative Four Horsemen bloc on the Court 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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What was the Four Horsemen bloc that Willis Van Devanter belonged to?
A conservative bloc that dominated the Supreme Court in the 1930s.
The Four Horsemen was the name given to the conservative bloc on the United States Supreme Court that dominated much of the Court during the 1930s. Willis Van Devanter, a staunch conservative who served as an associate justice from 1911 to 1937, was regarded as part of it.
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Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 – February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1911 to 1937.
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On the court, he made his mark in opinions on public lands, Indian questions, water rights, admiralty, jurisdiction, and corporate law, but is best remembered for his opinions defending limited government in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 - February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1911 to 1937. He was a staunch conservative and was regarded as a part of the Four Horsemen, the conservative bloc that dominated the Supreme Court during much of the 1930s.
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April 17, 1859
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Marion, Indiana, U.S.
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February 8, 1941
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Washington, D.C., U.S.
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Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 - February 8, 1941) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1911 to 1937.
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