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Harlan F. Stone

1872 - 1946

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Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American attorney and jurist who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1925 to 1941 and then as the 12th chief justice of the United States from 1941 until his death in 1946. He also served as the U.S. Attorney General from 1924 to 1925 under President Calvin Coolidge, with whom he had attended Amherst College as a young man. His most famous dictum was: "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern."Raised in Western Massachusetts, Stone practiced law in New York City after graduating from Columbia Law School. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Harlan F. Stone has received more than 638,101 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Harlan F. Stone is the 30th most popular judge (up from 33rd in 2019), the 9,295th most popular biography from United States (up from 10,284th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Judge.

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Among JUDGES

Among judges, Harlan F. Stone ranks 30 out of 41Before him are Carlo Biotti, Samuel Alito, Anna Chandy, John Paul Stevens, Vassilios Skouris, and Elliott Belgrave. After him are Brett Kavanaugh, Peter Tomka, Walter Q. Gresham, David Souter, Richard Goldstone, and Harry Blackmun.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Harlan F. Stone ranks 167Before him are Joseph Barcroft, Dimitrios Drivas, Spyridon Chazapis, Siegfried Flesch, Maurice Larrouy, and Lucille La Verne. After him are Anna Held, Otto Bahr Halvorsen, Ralph Lewis, Bernard Knubel, Paul Laurence Dunbar, and Fannie Ward. Among people deceased in 1946, Harlan F. Stone ranks 192Before him are Olivér Halassy, Mary Alden, Damon Runyon, Ivan Moskvin, Kate Bruce, and Vincent Youmans. After him are Adriaan van Maanen, Edgar Syers, Lionel Atwill, Booth Tarkington, John Langalibalele Dube, and Jeanie MacPherson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Harlan F. Stone ranks 9,295 out of 18,182Before him are Corey Stoll (1976), Nikki Reed (1988), Anne Gwynne (1918), Jean E. Sammet (1928), Eric Mabius (1971), and Huell Howser (1945). After him are David Ramsey (1971), Gordon Bell (1934), Ann Harding (1902), Walt Davis (1931), Kevin Moore (1967), and Buddy Van Horn (1928).

Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, Harlan F. Stone ranks 15Before him are Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Warren E. Burger (1907), Anthony Kennedy (1936), Samuel Alito (1950), and John Paul Stevens (1920). After him are Brett Kavanaugh (1965), Walter Q. Gresham (1832), David Souter (1939), Harry Blackmun (1908), Elena Kagan (1960), and Samuel Chase (1741).