Harold Hitz Burton Senator

Harold Hitz Burton (June 22, 1888 – October 28, 1964) was an American politician and lawyer.He served as the 45th mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, as a U.S. Senator from Ohio, and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was known as a dispassionate jurist who prized equal justice under the law.

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Harold Hitz Burton
Birth dateJune 22, 1888
Birth nameHarold Hitz Burton
Birth place
Jamaica Plain
Religion
Unitarianism
Date of deathOctober 28, 1964
Education
Bowdoin College

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Politician

officeMayor of Cleveland
successor

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External resources

  1. http://uudb.org/articles/haroldhitzburton.html
  2. http://www.ohiojudicialcenter.gov/h_h_burton.asp
  3. http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history/supremecourthistory_history_assoc_072burton.htm