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Fred M. Vinson
Frederick "Fred" Moore Vinson
(January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an American politician who served the
United States
in all three branches of government
and was the most prominent member of the Vinson political family. In the
legislative branch
, he was an elected member of the
United States House of Representatives
from
Louisa, Kentucky
, for twelve years. In the
executive branch
, he was the
Secretary of Treasury
under President
Harry S. Truman
. In the
judicial branch
, in 1946 President Truman appointed Vinson the 13th
Chief Justice of the United States
. As of 2015, he is the last candidate nominated by a president from the
Democratic Party
to be confirmed as Chief Justice (
Lyndon Johnson
unsuccessfully nominated
Abe Fortas
as Chief Justice in 1968, but Fortas later withdrew his name from consideration).
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