Potter Stewart

Judge Potter Stewart

Personal

Birthday:

1/23/1915

Birthplace:

Jackson, MI

Date of Death:

12/7/1985

Place of Death:

Hanover, NH

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Henry Fellowship, Cambridge University, 1937-1938
Private practice, New York City, 1941-1942, 1945-1947
U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade, 1942-1945
Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1947-1954

Education

Name of School:

Yale University

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1937

Name of School - Second:

Yale University Law School

Located in New Haven, Connecticut, Yale Law School, is one of the world's premier law schools. It offers an unmatched environment of excellence and educational intimacy in the form of world renowned faculty, small classes, limitless opportunities for clinical training, and strong encouragement of public service. Small by design, our impact on the world is measured by its accomplished graduates and its ongoing scholarship and outreach through 17 centers and projects.

Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1941

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Court Name:

Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals

President Nominating:

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

4/27/1954

Termination Date:

10/13/1958

Termination Reason:

Appointment to Another Judicial Position

Court Name - Second:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name - Second:

Supreme Court of the United States

Commission Date - Second:

5/7/1959

Retirement from Active Service - Second:

7/3/1981

Termination Date - Second:

12/7/1985

Termination Reason - Second:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, October 14, 1958-July 3, 1981
Fifth Circuit, October 12, 1971-January 6, 1972