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Supreme Court - Chief Justice
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> United States > U.S. Supreme Court
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| Office | Supreme Court |
| Honorific | Supreme Court - Abbr: Supreme Court Justice |
| Type | Confirmation |
| Filing Deadline | September 30, 1953 - 12:00pm Central |
| Polls Open | September 30, 1953 - 06:00am Central |
| Polls Close | March 01, 1954 - 08:00pm Central |
| Term Start | March 01, 1954 - 12:00pm |
| Term End | June 23, 1969 - 12:00pm |
| Contributor | 411 Name Removed |
| Last Modified | Chronicler November 01, 2005 06:19pm |
| Data Sources | New York Times 3/2/1954. The Senate took a voice vote. |
| Description |
Named to the Supreme Court by President Eisenhower during a recess of Congress in 1953. Confirmed by the Senate in 1954.
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Senator William Langer (R-ND) held up the vote on Warren's confirmation for seven weeks in the Judiciary Committee (where he was the chairman). Langer felt that Warren was unfit to serve as Chief Justice. When the voice vote took place, Langer abstained.
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