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Born October 20, 1890 • Indiana
Died April 9, 1965 (aged 74) • New Albany • Indiana
Title / Office supreme court (1949-1956), United States • Supreme Court of the United States (1949-1956), United States • United States Senate (1935-1939), United States

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