Wiley Rutledge

Wiley Rutledge

Nonpartisan

Prior offices

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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Supreme Court of the United States

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Education

Bachelor's

University of Wisconsin, 1914

Law

University of Colorado Law, 1922

Personal

Birthplace

Cloverport, Ky.

Wiley Blount Rutledge (1894-1949) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He joined the Supreme Court in 1943 after a nomination from President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Rutledge served on the Supreme Court until his death on September 10, 1949. Prior to joining the court, he was serving as a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.^[1]

Rutledge was one of nine justices nominated to the Supreme Court by President Roosevelt. He served during The Stone Court and The Vinson Court.^[2]

Education

Rutledge received an undergraduate degree from University of Wisconsin in 1914 and a LL.B. from the University of Colorado School of Law in 1922.^[1]

Professional career

• 1935-1939: Professor of law and dean, State University of Iowa College of Law
• 1931-1935: Dean, Washington University School of Law
• 1930-1931: Acting dean, Washington University School of Law
• 1926-1935: Professor of law, Washington University School of Law
• 1924-1926: Associate professor of law, University of Colorado
• 1924-1926: Attorney in private practice, Boulder, Colorado^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Supreme Court

Rutledge was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Franklin Roosevelt on January 11, 1943, to replace Justice James Byrnes. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 1943, and received commission on February 11, 1943. Rutledge served until his death on September 10, 1949.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by Justice Sherman Minton.

District of Columbia Circuit

Rutledge was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit by President Franklin Roosevelt on March 21, 1939, to a seat created by 52 Stat. 584. He was confirmed by the Senate on April 4, 1939, and received commission on May 2nd. Rutledge served on this court until February 14, 1943.^[1] He was succeeded to this post by Thurman Arnold.

See also

• History of the Supreme Court

External links

• Justice Rutledge's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center

Footnotes

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v • e Federal judges who have served the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit
Active judges	Chief Judge: Srikanth Srinivasan   •  Karen Henderson  •  J. Michelle Childs  •  Florence Pan  •  Robert Leon Wilkins  •  Patricia Ann Millett  •  Cornelia T. L. Pillard  •  Greg Katsas  •  Neomi Rao  •  Justin Walker (U.S. Court of Appeals)  •  Bradley Garcia
Senior judges	David Sentelle  •  Douglas Ginsburg  •  David Tatel  •  Harry Edwards  •  Arthur Randolph  •
Former judges	William Cranch  •  James Markham Marshall  •  Allen Bowie Duckett  •  Nicholas Battalle Fitzhugh  •  William Kilty  •  James Sewall Morsell  •  Buckner Thruston  •  James Dunlop  •  William Matthew Merrick  •  Richard Henry Alvey  •  Martin Ferdinand Morris  •  Seth Shepard  •  Louis Emory McComas  •  Charles Holland Duell  •  Charles Henry Robb  •  Josiah Alexander Van Orsdel  •  William Hitz  •  Constantine Joseph Smyth  •  Duncan Groner  •  George Ewing Martin  •  James McPherson Proctor (Federal judge)  •  Harold Montelle Stephens  •  Henry Edgerton  •  Justin Miller (D.C. Circuit)  •  Stephen F. Williams  •  Janice Rogers Brown  •  Merrick Garland  •  Thomas Griffith  •  Brett Kavanaugh  •  Laurence Silberman  •  Walter Bastian  •  Edward Tamm  •  Spottswood Robinson  •  Thurman Arnold  •  Bennett Clark  •  Wilbur Miller  •  David Bazelon  •  Robert Bork  •  John Danaher  •  Charles Fahy  •  George MacKinnon  •  Carl McGowan  •  Abner Mikva  •  Elijah Prettyman  •  Roger Robb  •  Kenneth Starr  •  Patricia Wald  •  George Thomas Washington (Federal judge)  •  Malcolm Wilkey  •  George Edward MacKinnon  •  Ketanji Brown Jackson  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •
Former Chief judges	William Cranch  •  Richard Henry Alvey  •  Seth Shepard  •  Constantine Joseph Smyth  •  Duncan Groner  •  George Ewing Martin  •  Harold Montelle Stephens  •  Henry Edgerton  •  David Sentelle  •  Merrick Garland  •  Douglas Ginsburg  •  Harry Edwards  •  Spottswood Robinson  •  Wilbur Miller  •  David Bazelon  •  Carl McGowan  •  Abner Mikva  •  Elijah Prettyman  •  Patricia Wald  •  James Wright (Louisiana)  •

v • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1933-1940)
1933	Bell • Bratton • Donohoe • FitzHenry • Garrecht • Keefe • Ragon • Stone • Woodrough
1934	Allen • Bowen • Holly • Hulbert • Long • Major • Myers • Rippey • Sullivan
1935	Baldwin • Denman • Faris • Ford • Hamilton • Haney • Holmes • Mahoney • Martin • Mathews • McDuffie • Moore • Roche • A. L. Stephens • H. M. Stephens • Sweeney • Yankwich
1936	Abruzzo • Clancy • Davidson • Davis • Holland • Lederle • Leibell • Ling • Mandelbaum • Maris • Pollard • Thomas • Underwood
1937	Adair • Biggs • Black • Burke • Collet • Druffel • Edgerton • Groner • Healy • Jackson • Jenney • Kloeb • Major • McColloch • Miller • Mize • Murrah • Rice • Stephens • Sullivan • Swinford • Treanor • Trimble • Vinson • Watkins • Williams • Wyche
1938	Clark • Conger • Ford • Hamilton • Laws • Maris • McCord • Murphree • Reed
1939	Allred • Arant • Beaumont • Biddle • Black • Clark • Darr • Davies • Dobie • Douglas • Duffy • Frankfurter • Goldsborough • Huxman • Igoe • Jones • Kalodner • Kerner, Sr. • Lemley • Lumpkin • Magruder • Miller • Morris • Picard • Porterie • Roberts • Rutledge • Walker • Welsh • Whaley • Whitaker • Wilkin
1940	Bard • Barker • Barksdale • Boyd • Broaddus • Caillouet • Campbell • Dobie • Ganey • Goodrich • Harrison • Hartigan • Johnsen • Jones • Leamy • Mahoney • Martin • Murphy • Murrah • O'Connor • Oliver • Pine • Russell • Savage • Schwellenbach • Walker • Waller

v • e Federal judges nominated by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1941-1945)
1941	Bright • Byrnes • Eicher • Frank • Freed • Healey • Jackson • Leahy • Leavy • Lovett • Madden • McAllister • McGuire • Miller • Minton • Moore • Riddick • Rifkind • J. Smith • W. Smith • Stone • Timmerman • Vogel • Waring • Woodbury • Wyzanski
1942	Brennan • Cole • Delehant • Ekwall • Goodman • Hall • Hannay • Keeling • Meaney
1943	Arnold • Chandler • Clark • Duncan • Helvering • Hulen • Lawrence • Lee • McLaughlin • Mullins • Rutledge • Swygert • Waller
1944	Bone • Connor • Graven • Hutcheson • Kennedy • LaBuy • O'Connell • Schweinhaut • Shaw
1945	Brown • Davis • Foley • Laws • Ridge