This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Fortas Chosen as Chief Justice by Johnson
Fortas, a Memphis born lawyer who led a high school band, was named by President Johnson to succeed retiring Earl Warren as chief justice. The Yale Law School graduate and former undersecretary of Interior built a career in Washington, later cofounding Arnold Fortas Porter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe
Fortas
Blue Melody Boys
Memphis
South Side High School
Southwestern College
Johnson
Earl Warren
Woolfe and
Rachel Berzansky Fortas
United States
Southampton
England
Meyer
Southwestern
Harvard
Yale
Washington, D.C
Agricultural Administration
Security and Exchange Commission
Washington
Interior
Arnold, Fortas & Porter
Supreme Court
Senate
Texas Pri
Thornberry
Abe Fortas