Vinson, Frederick Moore (01/22/1890-09/08/1953)

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Summary

  • Occupation: Congressman, Secretary of the Treasury, Chief Justice of the United States
  • Number of Terms: 1
  • Committees/Roles: ex-officio as Chief Justice of the United States, elected Chancellor

Subject

  • Vinson, Frederick Moore
  • Board of Regents
  • Chancellor of the Smithsonian Board of Regents
  • Chief Justice of the United States
  • United States Supreme Court

Category

Smithsonian Board of Regents

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Images of this Regent can be found in the following repositories: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; U.S. Department of the Treasury; The Supreme Court of the United States

Regent type

Chief Justice

Notes

Biographical Directory of the American Congress, 1774-1971. The Continental Congress (September 5, 1774 to October 21, 1788) and the Congress of the United States (from the first through the ninety-first Congress March 4, 1789, to January 3, 1971, inclusive). Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, 1971; Dictionary of American Biography. Supplement 5. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1977; The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Volume 41. New York: James T. White & Co., 1956. Reprint. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms, 1967-1971.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

Regent Tenure: 06/24/1946-06/19/1953

Topic

  • Judges
  • Regents

Form/Genre

Biographies

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