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Also Known As Robert Houghwout Jackson
Born February 13, 1892 • Pennsylvania
Died October 9, 1954 (aged 62) • Washington, D.C. • United States
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1941-1954), United States • supreme court (1941-1954), United States • attorney general (1940-1941), United States
Role In Johnson v. Eisentrager • New Deal • Nürnberg trials

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