William Orville Douglas (1898 - 1980)

Ancestors

Biography

William Orville Douglas was born in Maine Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota. He was the son of William Douglas and Julia Bickford Fisk.^[1]

In 1900, William O. Douglas lived with his parents, William and Julia V. Douglas, and a sister in Maine Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota. His father was a preacher who came to the United States in 1894.^[2]

His father died in Portland, Oregon, in 1904,^[3] and the family moved to Yakima, Washington.

In 1916, Douglas graduated as Valedictorian from Yakima High School, Yakima, Washington, and then from Whitman College in Walla Walla, Washington. He entered Columbia Law School in 1922 and graduated in 1925, second in his class.^[4]

He practiced law with a private firm, then he taught law and Columbia Law School, then as Yale Law School, D.C. He went to Washington to work in the Roosevelt administration and was appointed to the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission in 1937.^[4] Franklin D. Roosevelt named Douglas to the US Supreme Court, where he served as an Associate Justice from April 17, 1939, to November 12, 1975.^[5]

Douglas married four times and had two children.

William Douglas died on 19 Jan 1980 at Walter Reed Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery, Maryland, and he is buried at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington, Virginia.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find A Grave, database and images ( accessed 12 May 2018), memorial page for William Orville Douglas (16 Oct 1898–19 Jan 1980), Find A Grave: Memorial #296, citing Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ; Maintained by Find A Grave .
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M93W-882 : accessed 13 May 2018), William O Douglas in household of William Douglas, Maine Township, Otter Tail, Minnesota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 141, sheet 4B, family 73, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,779.

   William Douglas, 44 b. Feb 1856 Canada Eng; Julia V Douglas, 28 b. June 1872 Minnesota; Martha V Douglas, 3 b. April 1897 Minnesota; William O Douglas, 2 b. Oct 1898 Minnesota; boarder Mesia A Ott, 18 b. May 1882 Minnesota. William and Julia have been married for 4 years, and Julia has had 2 children, both of whom are living.

3. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 12 May 2018), memorial page for Rev William Douglas (22 Feb 1857–12 Aug 1904), Find A Grave: Memorial #68882451, citing Tahoma Cemetery, Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, USA ; Maintained by Ryan D. Curtis (contributor 46858513) .
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} "William O. Douglas," Oyez, free law project from Cornell’s Legal Information Institute (LII), Chicago-Kent College of Law and Justia.com. William O. Douglas
5. ↑ US Supreme Court website, Members

See also:

• Wikidata: Item Q1391996, en:Wikipedia