● Deceased
Charles Evans Whittaker
1901–1973 · Supreme Court seat #91 · 1957–1962 · MO
Charles Evans Whittaker struggled visibly with the pressure of the job and retired after just five years, citing exhaustion, in what many historians consider one of the clearer cases of a justice leaving specifically because the role did not suit him.
Appointed By
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Predecessor
Stanley Forman Reed
Confirmed
March 19, 1957
Confirmation Vote
Acclamation
Tenure Began
March 25, 1957
Tenure Ended
March 31, 1962
Reason
Retired