Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872–1946, American jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (1941–46), b. Chesterfield, N.H. A graduate (1898) of Columbia Univ. law school, he was admitted (1899) to the bar, practiced law in New York City, and lectured at the Columbia law school, where he became professor (1902) and dean (1910). He resigned his deanship in 1923 and, as U.S. Attorney General (1924–25) under President Coolidge, helped to restore faith in the Dept. of Justice after the Teapot Dome scandals. Appointed (1925) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, he established a reputation for his vigorous minority opinions, especially those in which he defended the social and economic welfare legislation of the New Deal against the conservative majority. Stone saw many of his minority opinions later accepted as majority decisions. He succeeded Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice. Public Control of Business (1940) is a selection of Stone's opinions as Associate Justice.

From Butler Papers

After listing several accomplished jurists from New Hampshire .....

To this distinguished group of native sons, New Hampshire added. With honor and a deep sense of pride the name of Harlan Fiske Stone, 12th Chief Justice of the United States and a great American.

Historians tell us that the passing of time is sometimes necessary to gain the perspective with which properly to judge a man, but the passing of time is not (necessary to judge the character and contribution to living of a man like Harlan Fiske Stone. The deep sense of duty that prompted him to accept public office despite the lure of great wealth that awaited him in private practice, and his Intellectual integrity, that made it impossible ever to classify him accurately with a mere label, represent virtues that need no passing years to appreciate fully. In times as troubled as these when the need for men of stature has never been greater, it Is reas to gather here and honor a man who had that quality. But then it is always reassuring to tell the story of a man who rose from humble circumstances to a position of great power and importance and. yet never lost the common t Such a story is typically American. It is the story of Harlan Stone’s life.
 

His mother, Ann Sophia Butler, taught school here in Chesterfield before she married, and from her we may assume her son gained something of that love for teaching which he never lost, His father, Frederick Lauson Stone, was a farmer, and it was on a farm that Harlan spent his boyhood. A few years after his birth the family moved down this valley 4-0 miles or so to Amherst, Massachusetts where the late Chief Justice began his public school training.

At one time it seemed that Harlan Stone might become a farmer and for a while he attended agricultural school. But later he transferred. to Amherst College, where his scholastic record soon gave indication of his future success in the law. He managed “THE A. STUD and was a member of Phi Beta kappa. At Amherst, Stone was president of his class and played. right guard on one of his alma mater greatest football teams, a tean that won the distinction so dear to Amherst men of defeating their rival, Williams, by the score of 6o to 0. Nor that all, for his class mates voted. him as the member of their class who would. become most famous. All this was in addition to his work as salesman for the new fangled writing machines ——type—
riters—--., the selling of insurance and tutoring of other students, all to help do— ray the cost of a college education..
The record. also reveals, I relate with understandable pleasure, that he was nce chairman of the Republican Club at Amherst and it was there, too, that he first et Calvin Coolidge who was a class behind him. One might think that with the aca— einic success he won and. the numerous additional activities I have mentioned, Harlan tone would have been too busy for other interests. As a matter of fact, he was iso chairman of a student committee which drew up a report credited. to have led to he ousting of a college president who was somewhat arbitrary in dealing with the acuity and students. This feat led one commentator to conclude that,
“The great thing that Stone learned at Amherst was not to
abandon hell—raising but to subdue it to due process of the law.”

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Stone, Harlan Fiske, 1872–1946, American jurist, 12th Chief Justice of the United States (1941–46), b. Chesterfield, N.H. A graduate (1898) of Columbia Univ. law school, he was admitted (1899) to the bar, practiced law in New York City, and lectured at the Columbia law school, where he became professor (1902) and dean (1910). He resigned his deanship in 1923 and, as U.S. Attorney General (1924–25) under President Coolidge, helped to restore faith in the Dept. of Justice after the Teapot Dome scandals. Appointed (1925) Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, he established a reputation for his vigorous minority opinions, especially those in which he defended the social and economic welfare legislation of the New Deal against the conservative majority. Stone saw many of his minority opinions later accepted as majority decisions. He succeeded Charles Evans Hughes as Chief Justice. Public Control of Business (1940) is a selection of Stone's opinions as Associate Justice.

See biography by A. T. Mason (1956, repr. 1968) and study by S. J. Konefsky (1946, repr. 1971).

From U. Amhearst:

3654. Stone, Harlan Fiske. S. of Fred L. and Ann S. (Butler), b. Chesterfield, N. H., O. 11, 1872. LL. B., Columbia, 1898; M. A., A. C., 1900; LL. D., A. C., 1913; Yale, 1924; Columbia, 1925; Williams, 1925. Phi Beta Kappa; Alpha Delta Phi.

Prepared Amherst H. S.; B. S. Submaster Newburgh (N. Y.) H. S., 1894-95; instructor in history Adelphi Acad., Brooklyn, N. Y., 1895-96; Columbia L. S., 1895-98; admitted to N. Y. bar, 1898; lawyer N. Y. City, 1898-; member of firm Satterlee, Sullivan & Stone; later member of firm Sullivan & Cromwell; lecturer on law Columbia L. S., 1899-1902; prof., 1902-05; dean, 1910-23. U. S. Attorney General, 1924-25; Associate Justice U. S. Supreme Court, 1925-. Director Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line R. R. Co. President Assoc. Amer. Law Schools; member Amer. Bar Assoc. Wrote for legal publications.

Married S. 8, 1899, Agnes E. Harvey, Chesterfield, N. H. Ch. Marshall H.; Lauson H. (Portrait in possession of A. C.)

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