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Potter Stewart

Potter StewartBorn: 23-Jan-1915
Birthplace: Jackson, MI
Died: 7-Dec-1985
Location of death: Hanover, NH
Cause of death: Stroke
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Male
Religion: Anglican/Episcopalian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1958-81

Military service: US Navy (1942-45)

"I know it when I see it." (Jacobellis v. Ohio)

Father: James Garfield Stewart
Mother: Harriett L. Potter
Brother: Zeph Stewart
Wife: Mary Ann Bertles (m. 1943, one daughter, two sons)
Daughter: Harriet
Son: Potter, Jr.
Son: David

    High School: Hotchkiss School, Lakeville, CT (1933)
    University: BA, Yale University (1937)
    University: Cambridge University
    Law School: LLB, Yale Law School (1941)

    US Supreme Court Justice Justice (1958-81)
    US Appeals Court Judge, 6th Circuit (1954-58)
    Dinsmore & Shohl Partner
    Alfalfa Club 1964, president
    America First Committee
    Freemasonry
    Skull and Bones Society 1936
    Phi Beta Kappa Society


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