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XxMontannaNicolexX on Jul 06, 2012 Supreme Court Justice Potter
Stewart was born on January 23, 1915 and died on December 7,
1985. He served 22 years, 8 months, and 19 days as a supreme
court judge. Stewart was a republican and was nominated a
president Eisenhower. Stewart was the son of the Republican
mayor of Cincinnati, so he was raised on politics. Though his
background was ideologically conservative, Stewart was often
cast as a centrist on the Court. Often he would vote with
liberal justices on First Amendment issues and then side with
conservative justices on matters of equal protection. Stewart
was born in Jackson, Michigan while his family was on vacation.
His father, James G. Stewart, was a prominent Republican from
Cincinnati Ohio. His father served as Mayor of Cincinnati for
seven years and was later a judge on the Ohio Supreme Court.1
Stewart attended the Hotchkiss school, graduating in 1933. Then,
he went on to Yale University, where he was a membe