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  Souter, David
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AffiliationRepublican  
 
NameDavid Souter
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Hopkinton, New Hampshire , United States
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Born September 17, 1939 (85 years)
ContributorRP
Last ModifedPennsylvanian
Sep 17, 2022 03:20pm
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InfoAssociate Justice, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, September 17, 1939. He was graduated from Harvard College, from which he received his A.B. After two years as a Rhodes Scholar at Magdalen College, Oxford, he received an A.B. in Jurisprudence from Oxford University and an M.A. in 1989. After receiving an LL.B. from Harvard Law School, he was an associate at Orr and Reno in Concord,
New Hampshire from 1966 to 1968, when he became an Assistant Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 1971, he became Deputy Attorney General and in 1976, Attorney General of New Hampshire. In 1978, he was named an Associate Justice of the Superior Court of New Hampshire, and was appointed to the Supreme Court of New Hampshire as an Associate Justice in 1983. He became a Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on May 25, 1990. President Bush nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he took his seat October 9, 1990.


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Jun 03, 2010 04:00pm Speech Souter's Challenge to Scalia  Article RP 
May 06, 2009 05:00am General Justice Souter reflects on service  Article Jason 
May 01, 2009 08:00pm Profile The Last Conservative  Article RP 
Feb 05, 2006 10:00pm News Weare nixes ‘Hotel Souter’  Article Ex-New Jerseyan 
May 06, 2004 12:00am News Supreme Court Justice Souter Still a Mystery After 14 Years  Article Gerald Farinas 
May 01, 2004 12:00am News U.S. Supreme Court Justice Souter Attacked During Jog  Article ... 

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  10/02/1990 Supreme Court - Associate Justice Won 90.91% (+81.82%)
  04/27/1990 First Circuit Court Judge Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
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