Potter Stewart
US Supreme Court justice from 1958 to 1981 (1915-1985) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 70
Potter Stewart was an American lawyer and judge who was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1958 to 1981. During his tenure, he made major contributions to criminal justice reform, civil rights, access to the courts, and Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
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1985Died7 December 19851981In historyFirst inauguration of Ronald ReaganWith
Ronald Reagan 2 more1958Named Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United StatesOffice14 October 1958 to 3 July 19811954Named Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitOffice1 January 1954 to 1 January 19581915Born23 January 1915
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Lived 1915 to 1985 · aged 70