| LC control no. | n 88059205 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Vinson, Fred M., 1890-1953 |
| Variant(s) | Vinson, Frederick Moore, 1890- Vinson, Frederick Moore, 1890-1953 Vinson, Mr. (Fred M.), 1890-1953 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Washington (D.C.) Danville (Ky.) |
| Birth date | 1890-01-22 |
| Death date | 1953-09-08 |
| Place of birth | Louisa (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | Eastern Kentucky State College United States. Supreme Court United States. Board of Treasury Democratic Party (U.S.) Central University of Kentucky (Danville, Ky.) United States. Congress. House United States. Congress. House |
| Profession or occupation | Attorneys Judges |
| Found in | NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Library for Wyatt, W. Papers, 1916-1963 (Vinson, Frederick Moore, 1890- ) LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Vinson, Frederick Moore, 1890- ; usage: Fred M. Vinson) NY Times obit, 9/8/1953 (Vinson, Fred M.; former chief justice of the U.S.) Aircraft procurement board, 1926: p. 1 (Mr. Vinson of Kentucky, from the Committee on Military Affairs) Kentucky encyclopedia, ©1992: page 921 (Frederick Moore Vinson, U.S. secretary of the Treasury and the thirteenth chief justice of the United States. Born near Louisa, Ky. on January 22, 1890. Attended Kentucky Normal School in Louisa, graduated from Centre College law school in 1911, and was admitted to the bar in the same year. Elected commonwealth's attorney in 1921 on the Democratic ticket to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1923, serving from January 12, 1924 to March 3, 1929 and again from March 4, 1931 to May 12, 1938. In 1937 President Roosevelt appointed Vinson a judge on the U.S. circuit court for the District of Columbia and in June 1945 President Truman appointed him secretary of the Treasury where he served from July 23, 1945 to June 23, 1946. Truman appointed him chief justice on June 24, 1946. Died on September 8, 1953.) Find a Grave website, viewed September 22, 2020 (Frederick Moore Vinson, Sr., died in Washington, D.C.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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