Harlan Fiske Stone facts for kids

Harlan Fiske Stone
Harlan Fiske Stone
12th Chief Justice of the United States
	In office; July 3, 1941 – April 22, 1946
Nominated by	Franklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded by	Charles Evans Hughes
Succeeded by	Fred M. Vinson
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
	In office; February 5, 1925 – July 3, 1941
Nominated by	Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Joseph McKenna
Succeeded by	Robert H. Jackson
52nd United States Attorney General
	In office; April 7, 1924 – March 1, 1925
Nominated by	Calvin Coolidge
Preceded by	Harry M. Daugherty
Succeeded by	John G. Sargent
Personal details
Born	Harlan Fiske Stone ; October 11, 1872; Chesterfield, New Hampshire, United States
Died	April 22, 1946 (aged 73); Washington, D.C., United States
Spouse(s)	Agnes E. Harvey (1899 - 1946, his death)
Children	Marshall Harvey Stone; Lauson Harvey Stone
Alma mater	Amherst College,; Columbia University

Harlan Fiske Stone (October 11, 1872 – April 22, 1946) was an American lawyer and jurist. He served as the dean of Columbia Law School, his alma mater, in the early 20th century.

As a member of the Republican Party, he was appointed as the 52nd Attorney General of the United States before becoming an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court in 1925.

In 1941, Stone became the 12th Chief Justice of the United States, serving until his death in 1946 – one of the shortest terms of any Chief Justice. Stone was the first Chief Justice not to have served in elected office.

His most famous quotes was: "Courts are not the only agency of government that must be assumed to have capacity to govern."

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Birthplace of Harlan Fiske Stone
Harlan F. Stone commemorative stamp, issued in 1948