Robert H. Jackson
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US Supreme Court justice from 1941 to 1954 (1892–1954)
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Robert H. Jackson was an author who lived from 1892-02-13 to 1954-10-09. His written output includes 58 works, with a separate count of 5 works listed in another source. Among his top works are *Creole Jesuits in the Province of New Spain In 1767*, *The Nurnberg Case*, *Wartime security and liberty under law*, *Urban Plan, Architecture, and the Geography of the Sacred in Colonial Morelos*, and *Visual Catalog of the Building Complexes of the Male Religious Orders in Mexicos Colonial Cities*.
Jackson is referenced by 817 other encyclopedia articles. He is categorized as a person in music databases and has a dedicated category on Wikimedia Commons.
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Key facts
- Nominated by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Preceded by
- Harlan F. Stone
- Succeeded by
- John Marshall Harlan II
- President
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Born
- Robert Houghwout Jackson , ( 1892-02-13 ) February 13, 1892, Spring Creek , Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- October 9, 1954 (1954-10-09) (aged 62), Washington, D.C. , U.S.
- Resting place
- Maple Grove Cemetery, Frewsburg, New York , U.S.
- Party
- Democratic
- Spouse
- Irene Alice Gerhardt ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1916 )
- Education
- Albany Law School
- Awards
- Medal for Merit
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Jackson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Spring Creek Township
- Place of death
- Washington, D.C.
- Occupation
- politician
- Political party
- Democratic Party (United States)
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Roberthjackson.jpg
- Residence
- Nuremberg
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- place of burial
- Frewsburg
- date of birth
- 1892-02-13
- date of death
- 1954-10-09
- Commons category
- Robert H. Jackson
- nominated for
- Medal for Merit
- writing language
- English language
- name in native language
- Robert Jackson
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Encyclopedic overview
Robert Houghwout Jackson (February 13, 1892 – October 9, 1954) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1941 until his death in 1954. He had previously served as United States Solicitor General and United States Attorney General, and is the only person to have held all three of those offices. Jackson was also notable for his work at the Nuremberg trials prosecuting Nazi war criminals following World War II. Jackson developed a reputation as one of the best writers on the Supreme Court and one of the most committed to enforcing due process as protection from overreaching federal agencies.
Jackson was the most recent U.S. Supreme Court justice who did not earn a law degree. He was admitted to the bar via the older tradition of an internship under an established lawyer ("reading law") after studying at Albany Law School for a year. Jackson is recognized for his advice that, "Any lawyer worth his salt will tell the suspect, in no uncertain terms, to make no statement to the police under any circumstances", and for his aphorism describing the Supreme Court, "We are not final because we are infallible, but we are infallible only because we are final."
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