Hugo Lafayette Black

Judge Hugo Lafayette Black

Personal

Birthday:

2/27/1886

Birthplace:

Clay County, AL

Date of Death:

9/25/1971

Place of Death:

Bethesda, MD

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Ashland, Alabama 1906-1907
Private practice, Birmingham, Alabama, 1907-1917, 1919-1927
Judge, Birmingham [Alabama] Police Court, 1910-1911
Prosecutor, Birmingham, Alabama, 1914-1917
U.S. Army captain, 1917-1919
U.S. senator from Alabama, 1927-1937

Education

Name of School:

University of Alabama School of Law

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Degree:

LL.B.

Degree Year:

1906

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Franklin D. Roosevelt

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

8/18/1937

Retirement from Active Service:

9/17/1971

Termination Date:

9/25/1971

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fifth Circuit, November 8, 1937-September 17, 1971
Ninth Circuit, June 24, 1957-October 13, 1958
District of Columbia Circuit, June 24, 1957-October 13, 1958