What is Lewis F. Powell Jr.?
{{Infobox judge |image = US Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell - 1976 official portrait.jpg |office = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] |nominator = [[Richard Nixon]] |term_start = January 7, 1972<ref name=USSCTimeline/> |term_end = June 26, 1987<ref name=USSCTimeline>{{cite web |title=Members of the Supreme Court of the United States |publisher=[[Supreme Court of the United States]] |url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members.aspx |accessdate=April 26, 2010 |archive-date=April 29, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429170327/https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> |predecessor = [[Hugo Black]] |successor = [[Anthony Kennedy]] |birth_name = Lewis Franklin Powell Jr. |birth_date = {{birth date|1907|9|19}} |birth_place = [[Suffolk, Virginia|Suffolk]], [[Virginia]], U.S. |death_date = {{death date and age|1998|8|25|1907|9|19}} |death_place = [[Richmond, Virginia|Richmond]], Virginia, U.S. |spouse = {{marriage|Josephine Pierce Rucker|1936|1996|reason=died}} |children = 4 |party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]<ref>Joan Biskupic and Fred Barbash, Washington Post, [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/supcourt/stories/powell082698.htm Retired Justice Lewis Powell Dies at 90], August 26, 1998</ref> |education = {{nowrap|[[Washington and Lee University]]}} {{small|([[Bachelor of Science|BS]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]])}}<br>[[Harvard University]] {{small|([[Master of Laws|LLM]])}} |allegiance = {{flag|United States}} |branch = {{army|United States}} |serviceyears = 1942–1945 |battles = [[World War II]] | mawards = [[Bronze Star Medal|Bronze Star]]<br>[[Legion of Merit]]<br>[[Croix de Guerre]] }} '''Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.''' (September 19, 1907 – August 25, 1998) was an [[Americans|American]] politician and judge. He was the [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United St