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The Honorable ''Frederick Moore Vinson'''(1890-1953) was the [[Chief Justice of the United States]] from 1946 to 1953. Prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as [[Secretary of the Treasury]] (1945-1946), a Judge of the [[D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals]](1937-1943), and was a Congressman for [[Kentucky]] in the [[House of Representatives]] (1925-1929,1931-1937).
|name=Fred Vinson
|image=FredVinson.jpg
|party=[[Democrat]]
|spouse=Roberta Dixon
|religion=[[Methodist]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Chief
|nominator=[[Harry Truman]]
|terms=June 21, 1946 – September 8, 1953
|preceded=[[Harlan Fiske Stone]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Earl Warren]]
}}
{{Officeholder/secretary (cabinet)
|of=the Treasury
|number=53rd
|deputy=n
|president=[[Harry Truman]]
|terms=July 23, 1945 – June 23, 1946
|preceded=Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
|former=y
|succeeded=John W. Snyder
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Kentucky
|district=8th
|terms=March 4, 1933 – May 27, 1938
|preceded=Ralph Waldo Emerson Gilbert
|former=y
|succeeded=Joe B. Bates
}}
{{Officeholder/representative
|state=Kentucky
|district=9th
|terms=January 24, 1924 – March 3, 1929<br/>March 4, 1931 – March 3, 1933
|preceded=William Jason Fields<br/>Elva R. Kendall
|former=y
|succeeded=Elva R. Kendall<br/>John Y. Brown, Sr.
}}
}}
The Honorable '''Frederick Moore Vinson''' (1890-1953) was the [[Chief Justice of the United States]] from 1946 to 1953. Prior to being elevated to the Supreme Court, he served as [[Secretary of the Treasury]] (1945-1946), a Judge of the [[D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals]](1937-1943), and was a Congressman for [[Kentucky]] in the [[House of Representatives]] (1925-1929,1931-1937).
==Career==
==Career==
==Chief Justice==
==Chief Justice==
After the death of Chief Justice [[Harlan Fiske Stone]] President [[Harold Truman]] chose Vinson as his replacement. His Court was noted for hearing a relatively small number of cases per term and initiating the tradition of having clerks write opinions. On September 8, 1953, after seven years as Chief Justice, he passed away and was replaced by [[Earl Warren]].
After the death of Chief Justice [[Harlan Fiske Stone]] President [[Harold Truman]] chose Vinson as his replacement. His Court was noted for hearing a relatively small number of cases per term and initiating the tradition of having clerks write opinions. On September 8, 1953, after seven years as Chief Justice, he passed away and was replaced by [[Earl Warren]].
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[[Category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]
[[Category:United States Supreme Court Justices]]