Frederick Moore VINSON
24 Jun 1946 President Truman nominated and the Senate confirmed Frederick as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
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22 JAN 1890 - 8 SEP 1953
EDUCATION Center College; LLB degree- 1911, Danville, Boyle, Kentucky, USA
BIRTH 22 JAN 1890, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA
BURIAL Pine Hill Cemetery Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA
DEATH 8 SEP 1953, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Historical Notes

Judge Vinson received his LLB degree in 1911 from Kentucky Normal College. He started his legal practice i Louisa, Kentucky in 1911, became City Attorney 1913-14, entered the US Army as a private in August 1918. In 1921 he was elected Commonwealth Attorney, serving in that office until elected as a Democrat to the US House of Representatives. His only defeat was in the Republican landslide in 1928. On June 24, 1946, President Harry S. Truman appointed him Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. As Judge Vinson's father was jailer of Lawrence County and the family lived in quarters at the jail, he often jokingly stated he was the first Chief Justice born in jail.
24 Jun 1946 President Truman nominated and the Senate confirmed Frederick as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.

Parents

Father : James W VINSON #14262

Mother : Virginia FERGUSON #14263

Family 1

Roberta DIXON
    MARRIAGE 1923
    MARRIAGE 1911, Louisa, Lawrence, Kentucky, USA

Children

  1. +James Robert VINSON
  2.  Frederick Moore VINSON Jr.

Lineage 

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 _James W VINSON _____|
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|--Frederick Moore VINSON 
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