| Louis D. Brandeis  AKA Louis Dembitz Brandeis
Born: 13-Nov-1856
Birthplace: Louisville, KY
Died: 5-Oct-1941
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: unspecified
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Supreme Court Justice, 1916-39 A very successful attorney and avowed Zionist, the first Jew to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. Many, including William Howard Taft, opposed his nomination due to alleged "unfitness", but once on the bench performed as one of the greatest justices in the court's history.
Father: Adolf Brandeis
Mother: Frederika
Wife: Alice Goldmark (m. Mar-1891)
Daughter: Susan Gilbert
Daughter: Elizabeth Rauschenbusch
Law School: Harvard Law School (1877)
US Supreme Court Justice 5-Jun-1916 until retirement on 13-Feb-1939
Harvard Law Review Founder
Cosmos Club
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 19-Oct-1925, DETAILS: Louis Dembitz Brandeis: The rights of man
Author of books:
Other People's Money: And How the Bankers Use It (1914, nonfiction)
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