Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
N 42° 53.209 W 072° 28.244
18T E 706539 N 4751349
A marker noting a historic Chief Justice from the area.
Waymark Code: WMPG1
Location: New Hampshire, United States
Date Posted: 09/04/2006
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Text of Marker:
Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone
Born October 11, 1872, in a modest cottage
1.7 miles west of here on Horseshoe Road,
Stone graduated from Amherst College and
Columbia Law School returning to the latter
as Dean, 1910-1924. Attorney General of the
United States in President Coolidge's Cabinet,
he was appointed a Justice of the Supreme
Court in 1924, and Chief Justice in 1941,
serving until his death April 22, 1946. A
teacher, lawyer, judge, and judicial craftsman
of the highest order, he held the affection
and respect of the lawyers of the nation.
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