Owen Roberts Judge

Owen Josephus Roberts (May 2, 1875 – May 17, 1955) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court for fifteen years. He also led two Roberts Commissions, the first that investigated the attack on Pearl Harbor and the second that focused on works of cultural value during the war. At the time of World War II, he was the only Republican appointed Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States and one of only three justices to vote against Franklin D. Roosevelt's orders for Japanese American internment camps in Korematsu v. United States.

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Owen Roberts
Birth dateMay 02, 1875
Birth place
Pennsylvania , Philadelphia
Religion
Episcopal Church (United States)
Date of deathMay 17, 1955
Place of death
Pennsylvania , West Vincent Township Chester County Pennsylvania

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