Earl Warren

Judge Earl Warren

Personal

Birthday:

3/19/1891

Birthplace:

Los Angeles, CA

Date of Death:

7/9/1974

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, San Francisco and Oakland, California, 1914-1917
U.S. Army first lieutenant, 1917-1918
Clerk, Judiciary Committee, California State Assembly, 1919
Deputy city attorney, Oakland, California, 1919-1920
Deputy district attorney, Alameda County, California, 1920-1925; chief deputy district attorney, 1923-1925
District attorney, Alameda County, California, 1925-1938
Attorney general, State of California, 1938-1942
Governor, California, 1942-1953
Republican candidate for vice president of the United States, 1948

Education

Name of School:

University of California, Berkeley

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1912

Name of School - Second:

University of California Berkeley School of Law

Berkeley Law is a community of thinkers and doers exuberantly engaged in life. We are one of the nation's premier law schools, located at one of the world's great universities, in one of the most vibrant places on the planet. At Berkeley Law, we are committed to absolute top-tier education and scholarship. And we are equally committed to using our substantial intellectual capital to help solve real-world problems and to create a more just society. One of our distinguishing features is the extraordinary degree to which our students and faculty partner with people beyond the school: identifying challenges, creating alliances, solving problems, and sparking change.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1914

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

3/20/1954

Retirement from Active Service:

6/23/1969

Termination Date:

7/9/1974

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, October 12, 1953-June 23, 1969
District of Columbia Circuit, October 12, 1953-June 23, 1969
Sixth Circuit, February 6, 1968-June 23, 1969