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Robert Jackson was an associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] in the 1940s and 1950s. He also served as the Chief Prosecutor at the [[Nuremberg Trials]] at the end of [[World War II]], in Germany.
'''Robert Houghwout Jackson''' was an associate Justice of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] from 1941–1954, appointed by President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] Jackson was born in Spring Creek Township, Warren County, Pennsylvania, February 13, 1892, and raised in Frewsburg, New York.
Jackson, who never attended college, was known to be a brilliant, conservative judge. Evidently he conducted the [[Nuremberg Trials]] in a reasonably fair manner, as three persons were acquitted and a substantial percentage avoided the death penalty.
He also served as the Chief United States Prosecutor at the [[Nuremberg Trials]] at the end of [[World War II]], in Germany. President Truman appointed Jackson in 1945, who took a leave of absence from the Supreme Court, returning in 1946.
Jackson, who never attended college, was known to be a brilliant, conservative judge.
Future conservative Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] once served as Jackson's clerk.
Future conservative Chief Justice [[William Rehnquist]] once served as Jackson's clerk.