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 Potter Stewart
N 38° 52.915 W 077° 04.237
18S E 320395 N 4305710
Potter Stewart served as and Associate Justice on the United States Supreme Court for 23-Years.
Waymark Code: WMBPAQ
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2011
Views: 6
Potter Stewart was born on January 23, 1915 in Jackson, Michigan. After graduating from Yale Law School he entered private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio where he served on the city council. In 1954 he was confirmed as a Judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. President Dwight Eisenhower nominated Stewart for a seat on the Supreme Court in 1958. After confirmation by the Senate, Stewart assumed his seat on the high court’s bench on October 14, 1958. During his tenure on the court, Justice Stewart participated in the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade, and Miranda v. Arizona which protected an accused individual's rights from self-incrimination. However, Stewart is probably best known for the obscenity case Jacobellis v. Ohio in which Justice Stewart wrote that “hard-core pornography” was hard to define, but “I know it when I see it.” Justice Stewart retired from the court on July 3, 1981 and was replaced by Justice Sandra Day O’Conner. Justice Potter Stewart died at his home in New Hampshire on December 7, 1985. He is resting in Section 5 – Lot 40 in Arlington National Cemetery. Source/Credit: ( visit link)
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Potter Stewart was born in Jackson Michigan on January 23, 1915. He graduated from the, 1958Hotchkiss School in 1933 and went on to attend Yale University graduating in 1937. He attended Yale Law School where he was an editor of the Yale Law Journal; graduating in 1941. Stewart served in World War II as a member of the U. S. Navy Reserves. Following the war he entered private practice in Cincinnati, Ohio where he was served on the City Council. In 1954, Stewart was appointed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 1958, President Dwight Eisenhower nominated Stewart to the Supreme Court to replace the retiring Justice Harold Hitz Burton. Following Senate Confirmation Justice Stewart took his place on the high court’s bench on October 14, 1958. During his 23-year on the high court’s bench, Justice Stewart participated in a number of very high profile cases, including the landmark abortion rights case, Roe v. Wade; the Fifth Amendment case against self-incrimination, Miranda v. Arizona and the obscenity case Jacobellis v. Ohio in which Justice Stewart wrote that “hard-core pornography” was hard to define, but “I know it when I see it.” Justice Stewart retired from the high court on July 3, 1981 and was succeeded by Sandra Day O’Conner, the first woman to serve on the Supreme Court. After his retirement, he appeared in a series of public television specials about the United States Constitution. Justice Potter Stewart died at his home in New Hampshire on December 7, 1985. He is resting in Arlington National Cemetery.
Date of birth: 01/23/1915
Date of death: 12/07/1985
Area of notoriety: Politics
Marker Type: Headstone
Setting: Outdoor
Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Daily - 8 a.m to 5 p.m.
Fee required?: No
Web site: [Web Link]
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