Stanley Forman Reed

Stanley Forman Reed
Stanley Forman Reed, c. 1946
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
January 31, 1938 – February 25, 1957[1]
Nominated byFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byGeorge Sutherland
Succeeded byCharles Evans Whittaker
23rd Solicitor General of the United States
In office
March 25, 1935 – January 30, 1938
PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt
Preceded byJames Crawford Biggs
Succeeded byRobert H. Jackson
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
from the 87th district
In office
January 1, 1912 – January 1, 1916
Preceded bySamuel A. Shanklin
Succeeded byHarry P. Purnell
Personal details
Born(1884-12-31)December 31, 1884
Minerva, Kentucky, U.S.
DiedApril 2, 1980(1980-04-02) (aged 95)
Huntington, New York, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Winifred Elgin
(m. 1908)
Children2
EducationKentucky Wesleyan College (BA)
Yale University (BA)
University of Virginia
Columbia University
University of Paris

Stanley Forman Reed (December 31, 1884 – April 2, 1980) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1938 to 1957.[2][3] He also served as U.S. Solicitor General from 1935 to 1938.

Born in Mason County, Kentucky, Reed established a legal practice in Maysville, Kentucky, and won election to the Kentucky House of Representatives. He attended law school but did not graduate, making him the latest-serving Supreme Court Justice who did not graduate from law school. After serving in the United States Army during World War I, Reed emerged as a prominent corporate attorney and took positions with the Federal Farm Board and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation. He took office as Solicitor General in 1935, and defended the constitutionality of several New Deal policies.

After the retirement of Associate Justice George Sutherland, President Franklin D. Roosevelt successfully nominated Reed to the Supreme Court. Reed served until his retirement in 1957, and was succeeded by Charles Evans Whittaker. Reed wrote the majority opinion in cases such as Smith v. Allwright, Gorin v. United States, and Adamson v. California. He authored dissenting opinions in cases such as Illinois ex rel. McCollum v. Board of Education.

  1. ^ "Justices 1789 to Present". Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved February 16, 2022.
  2. ^ "Federal Judicial Center: Stanley Forman Reed". December 12, 2009. Archived from the original on May 13, 2009. Retrieved December 12, 2009.
  3. ^ Jost, Kenneth (1993). The Supreme Court A to Z. CQ Press. p. 428. ISBN 978-1-60871-744-6. Archived from the original on May 10, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2019.