Felix Frankfurter Judge

Felix Frankfurter (November 15, 1882 – February 22, 1965) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. Frankfurter was born in Vienna and immigrated to New York at the age of 12. He graduated from Harvard Law School and was active politically, helping to found the American Civil Liberties Union. He was a friend and adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who appointed him to the Supreme Court in 1939. Frankfurter served on the Supreme Court for 23 years, and was a noted advocate of judicial restraint in the judgments of the Court.

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Felix Frankfurter
Birth dateNovember 15, 1882
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Vienna
Religion
Judaism
Date of deathFebruary 22, 1965
Education
Harvard Law School
City College of New York

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