| Hugo Black  AKA Hugo LaFayette Black
Born: 27-Feb-1886
Birthplace: Harlan, AL
Died: 25-Sep-1971
Location of death: Bethesda, MD
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA
Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge
Party Affiliation: Democratic Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1937-71 Military service: US Army (1915-18, WWI, captain) Father: William Black
Mother: Martha Toland Black
Wife: Josephine Foster (m. 1921, three children, d.)
Wife: Elizabeth Seay (m. 1957, until his death)
University: Ashland College, Ashland, AL
Law School: University of Alabama (1906)
US Supreme Court Justice (19-Aug-1937 to 17-Sep-1971, resigned for health)
US Senator, Alabama (4-Mar-1927 to 19-Aug-1937, resigned)
Ku Klux Klan Member (1923-25)
Freemasonry
Knights of Pythias
Oddfellows
Hernia Operation (Sep-1956)
Is the subject of books:
Hugo Black, 1994, BY: Roger K. Newman
Hugo L. Black: Cold Steel Warrior, 1996, BY: Howard Ball
Appears on postage stamps:
USA, Scott #2172 (5 cents, issued 27-Feb-1987)
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