Born: July 20, 1894
Cloverport, Kentucky

Died: September 10, 1949
York, Maine

Wiley Blount Rutledge

Associate Justice, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (now U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit)

Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on March 21, 1939, to a new seat authorized by 52 Stat. 584. Confirmed by the Senate on April 4, 1939, and received commission on May 2, 1939. Service terminated on February 15, 1943, due to appointment to another judicial position.

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt on January 11, 1943, to a seat vacated by James F. Byrnes. Confirmed by the Senate on February 8, 1943, and received commission on February 11, 1943. Service terminated on September 10, 1949, due to death.

Supreme Court Oath:

February 15, 1943

Allotment as Circuit Justice:

Eighth Circuit, March 1, 1943-September 10, 1949
Tenth Circuit, March 1, 1943-September 10, 1949

Education:

University of Wisconsin, B.A., 1914
University of Colorado Law School, LL.B., 1922

Professional Career:

Private practice, Boulder, Colorado, 1922-1924
Associate professor of law, University of Colorado, 1924-1926
Professor of law, Washington University School of Law, 1926-1935; acting dean, 1930-1931; dean, 1931-1935
Professor of law and dean, State University of Iowa College of Law, 1935-1939

Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

  • Papers, 1912-1959.
  • 105 shelf ft. (76,100 items); finding aid; collection contains family papers (1920-1949), general correspondence (1926-1951), a U.S. court of appeals file (1939-1949), a U.S. Supreme Court file (1942-1949), an academic file (1925-1940), a speeches and writings file (1912-1949), and a miscellaneous file (1915-1959).
  • Irving Brant papers, 1910-1977; 37,000 items; finding aid; correspondence.

Harvard University Law School, Cambridge, Mass.

  • Papers of Felix Frankfurter, 1900-1965; 115 linear ft. (ca. 45,000 items); finding aid; restricted; represented in case files and correspondence.
  • Papers of Thomas Reed Powell, 1905-1955; 10 linear ft. (ca. 6,000 items); finding aid; correspondence.

University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

  • John Nelson Calhoun papers, 1923-1954; 8 ft.; correspondence. John Carlisle Pryor papers, 1920-1976; 3 ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

University of Michigan Bentley Historical Library, Ann Arbor, Mich.

  • Henry Moore Bates papers, 1886-1950; 5 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.
  • Frank Murphy papers, 1908-1949; 106 linear ft., 39 vols., and 2 oversize folders; finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • George Murphy papers, 1911-1961; 15 linear ft. and 1 vol.; finding aid; correspondence. Stella Brunt Osborn papers, 1916-1983; 36 linear ft.; finding aid; correspondence.

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.

  • Walter Wyatt papers, 1916-1963; ca. 44,000 items; finding aid; restricted; represented in several diaries and Supreme Court files.

Yale University Sterling Memorial Library, New Haven, Conn.

  • Jerome New Frank papers, 1918-1972; 104.25 linear ft. (218 boxes, 1 folio, 1 vol.); finding aid; restricted; correspondence.
  • Charles Nagel papers, 1877-1940; 28.25 linear ft. (68 boxes); finding aid; correspondence.
Judges of the D.C. Circuit Courts