1894 | Chief Justice Edward D. White - US Supreme Court | Louisiana History

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Edward Douglass White, Jr. was named Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President William Howard Taft in 1910. This Louisiana History Minute introduces you to White and how he went from a law school dropout to becoming the top jurist in the United States.

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Reading List
- American Bar Association Journal, Vol 7, No 8, August 1921
https://www.jstor.org/stable/25710622...

- Louisiana Supreme Court
https://www.lasc.org/Bicentennial/jus...

- Supreme Court History
https://supremecourthistory.org/chief...

- The Supreme Court Under Edward Douglass White
https://www.amazon.com/Supreme-Edward...

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Photo Credits: Louisiana Digital Library, US Library of Congress
Music: www.bensound.com "Birth of a Hero"
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Louisiana History Minute | United State Supreme Court | Chief Justice

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