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Harlan Fiske Stone was born in Chesterfield, New Hampshire, to Fred L. and Ann S. (Butler) Stone.
He prepared at Amherst, Massachusetts, High School, and graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Amherst College in 1894.
From 1894 to 1895 he was the submaster of NewburghNewburgh is both a city and a town in Orange County, New York. Newburgh (city), New York Newburgh (town), New York., New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col, High School. From 1895 to 1896 he was an instructor in history at Adelphi Academy , Brooklyn, New YorkNew York is a state in the northeastern United States whose U. postal abbreviation is NY . It is sometimes called New York State when there is need to distinguish it from New York City. History See: History of New York New York was one of the thirteen col.
Stone went to ColumbiaColumbia University officially known as Columbia University in the City of New York is a private institution of higher education. It is one of the world's foremost research universities and a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1754 under a royal charter Law School from 1895 to 1898 and was admitted to the New York bar in 1898. He became a lawyer in New York City from 1898 onward, initially a member of the firm Satterlee, Sullivan & Stone, and later a member of the firm Sullivan & Cromwell. From 1899-1902 he lectured on law at Columbia Law School; he was a professor there from 1902-05; and finally was Dean of Columbia Law School from 1910-23.
In 1924 he was appointed Attorney General of the United States by his Amherst classmate and then- PresidentThe President of the United States is the head of state of the United States. Under the U. Constitution, the President is also the chief executive of the federal government and commander in chief of the armed forces. Because of the superpower status of th Calvin CoolidgeCalvin Coolidge Order 30th President Term of Office August 3, 1923 March 4, 1929 Predecessor Warren G. Harding Successor Herbert Hoover Date of Birth Thursday, July 4, 1872 Place of Birth Plymouth, Vermont Date of Death Tuesday, January 5, 1933 Place of D; in 1925 he was appointed an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court by Coolidge, Coolidge's only appointment to the Court. In 1941, Stone was elevated to Chief Justice by Franklin Delano Roosevelt, where he served until 1946.
Stone was the director of the Atlanta & Charlotte Air Line Railroad Company , the President of the Association of American Law Schools, and a member of the American Bar Association.
He was awarded an honorary Master of Arts degree from Amherst College in 1900, and an honorary Doctor of Laws degree from Amherst in 1913. Yale awarded him an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in 1924, with Columbia and Williams each awarding the same honorary degree in 1925.
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