🇺🇸SearchMyRep
Deceased

Louis Brandeis

1856–1941 · Supreme Court seat #67 · 1916–1939 · MA

Louis Brandeis became the first Jewish justice on the Supreme Court after a bruising four-month confirmation fight driven substantially by antisemitism, and went on to become one of the Court’s most influential defenders of free speech and personal privacy.

Appointed By
Woodrow Wilson
Predecessor
Joseph Rucker Lamar
Confirmed
June 1, 1916
Confirmation Vote
47–22
Tenure Began
June 5, 1916
Tenure Ended
February 13, 1939
Reason
Retired
Oral arguments & opinions on Oyez.org ↗Senate confirmation vote record ↗
James Clark McReynoldsJohn Hessin Clarke