Reed, Stanley Forman, 1884-1980

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Supreme Court justice.

From the description of Reminiscences of Stanley Forman Reed, Harold Leventhal and John Sapienza : oral history, 1959. (Columbia University In the City of New York). WorldCat record id: 309723466

Reed began law practice in Maysville, Kentucky (1910), served as general counsel of the Federal Farm Board (1929-1932) and Reconstruction Finance Corporation (1932-1938), and as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1938-1957).

From the description of Letter to Eldon James, 1948. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 234339791

Judge, Lawyer.

Born in Minerva, Kentucky in 1884, Stanley F. Reed became an attorney whose firm's principal clients were the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad and the Burley Tobacco Grower's Cooperative Association. Reed was active in organizing the Tobacco Cooperative. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1911, appointed General Counsel of the Federal Farm Board and in 1932 he was appointed General Counsel of the Construction Finance Corporation, Hoover's chief agency designed to ease the economic depression by granting loans to banks and businesses. In 1935 He was appointed Solicitor General, a post he held for three years. From 1938 to 1957, Reed served on the Supreme Court. After his retirement, Reed continued to hear cases on lower federal courts and served with the Civil Rights Commission for a brief period.

From the description of Stanley F. Reed papers 1926-1977 1937-1957. (University of Kentucky Libraries). WorldCat record id: 15256220

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Birth 1884-12-31

Death 1980-04-02

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