Today is the 125th birthday of Hugo Lafayette Black, the first of nine Supreme Court justices nominated by Franklin D. Roosevelt. Hugo Black represented Alabama in the United States Senate from 1927 to 1937. He was then nominated as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, where he would serve from 1937 to shortly before his death in 1971.
For more information about Hugo Black, check out these resources:
Hugo Lafayette Black
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
Hugo Black of Alabama
Webinar, Library of Congress
Hugo Black
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hugo Black
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, Federal Judiciary Center
Hugo Black: A Featured Biography
United States Senate
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