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	William Orville Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States
		Douglas got around this by reporting the date of their marriage as a year later than it actually was.
		Douglas did not enlist when the United States entered the war in 1917, Murphy argues, because at the time he was younger than 21 and would have needed parental permission, which his overprotective mother would have surely denied.
		William Orville Douglas was born in 1898 in Yakima, Washington.
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	William O. Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Douglas later admitted that this had been a great surprise - Roosevelt had summoned him to an "important meeting", and Douglas feared that he was to be named as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
		Douglas also became a key supporter of the fledgling environmental movement, serving on the Board of Directors of the Sierra Club from 1960 to 1962 and writing prolifically on his love of the outdoors.
		Douglas was later heard to remark, "I have no wish to be the number two man to a number two man." Truman instead selected Senator Alben Barkley and the two went on to win the election in what is widely considered to be one of the greatest upset victories of all time.
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	William O. Douglas -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		William Orville Douglas (October 16, 1898 - January 19, 1980) was a (The highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation) United States Supreme Court (additional info and facts about Associate Justice) Associate Justice.
		Douglas later admitted that this had been a great surprise - Roosevelt had summoned him to an "important meeting", and Douglas had expected to be named as the chairman of the (An independent governmeent agency that regulates interstate and international communications by radio and television and wire and cable and satellite) Federal Communications Commission.
		Douglas also became a key supporter of the fledgling environmental movement, serving on the Board of Directors of the (additional info and facts about Sierra Club) Sierra Club from 1960 to 1962 and writing prolifically on his love of the outdoors.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wi/william_o._douglas.htm (1846 words)

	Douglas, William Orville on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		A Democrat, Douglas was appointed (1934) to the Securities and Exchange Commission; as chairman (1937-39) he pursued a vigorous policy of reform.
		Consistently liberal, in 1953 he granted a stay of execution to Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who had been convicted of spying for the Soviet Union and were subsequently executed (see Rosenberg case).
		Douglas was sometimes critized for various ethical lapses in his personal life, and the heroic image that emerges in his autobiographical works has been somewhat tarnished by discoveries that he had bent the truth on a number of details, e.g., his youthful health and social status, his military service, and his academic record.
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	DOUGLAS, William Orville
		Douglas was born in Maine, Minn., on Oct. 16, 1898, and was educated at Whitman College and Columbia University.
		Audio 18 min - William Orville Douglas, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in U.S. history, was born in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16, 1898.
		William Orville Douglas, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in U.S. history, was born in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16, 1898.
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	Encyclopedia: William O. Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		While Douglas' efforts on behalf of the Parvin Foundation were in fact legitimate, his ties with the Foundation (which had been financed by the sale of the infamous Flamingo Hotel by casino financier and Foundation founder Albert Parvin) proved too much for then-House minority leader Gerald R. Ford to pass up.
		These supporters claimed that Hannegan, a Truman supporter, feared that Douglas' nomination would drive southern white voters away from the ticket (Douglas had a very anti-segregation record on the Supreme Court) and had switched the names to give the impression that Truman was Roosevelt's real choice.
		William Hubbs Rehnquist William Hubbs Rehnquist (October 1, 1924 â€“ September 3, 2005) was an American attorney, jurist and political figure, who served as a United States Supreme Court justice from 1972 until 1986 and as Chief Justice from 1986 until his death in 2005.
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	Douglas, William Orville - MSN Encarta
		William Orville Douglas (1898-1980), American jurist and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1939-1975).
		Douglas was born in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16, 1898, and was educated at Whitman College and Columbia University.
		Admitted to the New York state bar in 1926, Douglas taught law at Columbia and Yale universities until 1934.
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	Book Monitor (Current Edition)
		The Douglas mythology included such fictions as growing up in poverty (actually, he was middleclass); contracting and overcoming polio (he never had it); serving as a soldier in World War I (he never served in the Armed Forces); and graduating second in his law school class at Columbia (he was much farther down).
		An avid outdoorsman, Douglas was an early and ardent defender of the environment.
		Douglas was an incisive thinker and a fast writer who could be charming and persuasive.
	www.americasfuture.net /bookmonitor/2003/2003-11-29.html (536 words)

	HistoryLink Essay: Douglas, William O. (1898-1980)
		Douglas was criticized for his views, but also for the quality of his legal opinions, his three divorces, and some of his financial dealings.
		William Orville Douglas was born on October 16, 1898, in the town of Maine, Minnesota.
		Orville and his high school friends often traveled to the Cascade Mountains that rose dramatically a short distance west of Yakima to hike the forests and meadows and to fish in the mountain lakes and streams.
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	Wm. Douglas brief bio (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Douglas served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the longest time served on record.
		William Orville Douglas was born on Oct. 16, 1898, in Maine, Minn., and grew up in California and Washington.
		When he succeeded Justice Louis Brandeis on the Supreme Court, Douglas was thought to be pro-business, but he became known for his absolutist interpretation of the guarantees of freedom in the Bill of Rights.
	www.writing.upenn.edu /~afilreis/50s/douglas-bio.html (362 words)

	William Orville Douglas Biography / Biography of William Orville Douglas Biography
		William Orville Douglas (1898-1980) was one of the most liberal and activist justices of the U.S. Supreme Court and a vigorous and controversial writer.
		William Orville Douglas was born on October 16, 1898, in Maine, Minnesota, where his father, a Nova Scotian missionary, had moved as an itinerant preacher.
		At the age of 4 William was stricken with polio; to strengthen his spindly legs he began the hiking and later the mountain climbing that became one of his characteristic signatures.
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	William O. Douglas
		Douglas claims he earned money during the summers working in the fields alongside migrant farmworkers.
		Douglas told the tale of his arduous trek from Yakima to New York City.
		Douglas did well at Columbia, and while he did not graduate second in his class in 1925, as he claimed, he was on the law review.
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	Oyez: William O. Douglas, U.S. Supreme Court Justice
		William Orville Douglas was born in Minnesota but spent most of his youth in Yakima, Washington.
		Douglas served on the Securities and Exchange Commission before being tapped for the Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939.
		Douglas supported unpopular political causes and maintained an unconventional lifestyle (he was married four times).
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	William O. Douglas Papers (Library of Congress)
		Copyright Status: Between 1960 and 1968 copyright in the unpublished writings of William O. Douglas in Part I of these papers and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress was dedicated to the public as each installment was given to the Library.
		Copyright in the unpublished writings of William O. Douglas in Part II and III of these papers is controlled by the executors of his estate.
		Analyses of his opinions are presented in the volumes, Douglas of the Supreme Court (1959) and The Judicial Record of Justice William O. Douglas (1974) by Vern Countryman, one of his former law clerks.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/douglaswo.html (7733 words)

	William Orville Douglas — Infoplease.com
		Douglas, William Orville, 1898–1980, American jurist, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1939–75), b.
		A Democrat, Douglas was appointed (1934) to the Securities and Exchange Commission; as chairman (1937–39) he pursued a vigorous policy of reform.
		Douglas was sometimes critized for various ethical lapses in his personal life, and the heroic image that emerges in his autobiographical works has been somewhat tarnished by discoveries that he had bent the truth on a number of details, e.g., his youthful health and social status, his military service, and his academic record.
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	Gifford Pinchot NF - Recreational Opportunities
		The William O. Douglas Wilderness includes 166,000 acres located between the White Pass and Chinook Pass highways and is jointly administered by the Gifford Pinchot National Forest and the Wenatchee National Forest.
		Justice Douglas is remembered for a long and distinguished career marked by his concern for civil rights and environmental issues.
		William O. Douglas knew the area trails intimately, and spent many summers at his cabin in Goose Prairie, WA, a small mountain community surrounded by the present Wilderness.
	www.fs.fed.us /gpnf/recreation/wilderness/wilderness-william-o-douglas.shtml (325 words)

	Ecology Hall of Fame: Douglas
		Douglas was born October 16, 1898 in Maine.
		Douglas graduated from Yakima High School (1916) and was valedictorian of his class.
		Douglas had been considered a nominee for vice-president on three occasions (1940, 1944 and 1948).
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	William_O._Douglas (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-19)
		Douglas later admitted that this had been a great surprise - Roosevelt had summoned him to an "important meeting", and Douglas had expected to be named as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission.
		Due to opposition due to his decision, Douglas briefly faced impeachment proceedings in Congress.
		Attempts to unseat him were unsuccessful, however, due to the fact that, at the time, the Democratic Party, of which Douglas was a member, held the majority.
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	William Douglas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Douglas can be one of several people:
		William Lewis Douglas who served as governor of Massachusetts from 1905 until 1906
		William Orville Douglas who was a jurist and justice
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	Ecology Hall of Fame: Douglas
		Many thought that Douglas would be pro-business but, instead, he became a strong individualist and interpreter of the guarantees of the Bill of Rights.
		On December 31, 1974 Douglas suffered a stroke at his home and was rushed toÅ@Walter reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. After months on convalescing he returned to the Supreme Court but his health was fragile at best.
		The William O. Douglas Wilderness in Washington state was named for him and honors him for his role in Federal Wilderness legislation and environmental issues, as well as his dedication and love for the Cougar Lakes region (now part of the Wilderness).
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	Douglas Coat of Arms
		The members of the current generation of the Douglas family have inherited a name that was first used hundreds of years ago by the people of the ancient Scottish tribe called the Picts.
		The Douglas family lived in Moray (part of the modern region of Grampian), where the family has a long and distinguished history dating back to early times.
		Whatever their early true origin, the Douglas Clan was one of the more distinguished and illustrious clans.
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	William O. Douglas -- Britannica Student Encyclopedia
		William Orville Douglas was born on Oct. 16, 1898, in Maine, Minn., and…
		Douglas, William O. For more than 36 years William O. Douglas served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the longest time served on record.
		William Harvey's studies were the beginnings of the science of physiology.
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	all things William
		Law, in its most general and comprehensive sense, signifies a rule of action; and is applied indiscriminately to all kinds of action, whether animate or inanimate, rational or irrational.
		So great moreover is the regard of the law for private property, that it will not authorize the least violation of it; no, not even for the general good of the whole community.
		In this case, the chief justice exhausted all of his legal remedies and was unsuccessful to stay the injunction issued by the federal district court.
	allthingswilliam.com /law.html (2234 words)

	141. William Orville Douglas (1898-1980). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
		The disappearance of free enterprise has led to a submergence of the individual in the impersonal corporation in much the same manner as he has been submerged in the state in other lands.
		WILLIAM O. chairman, Securities and Exchange Commission, speech at annual dinner of Fordham University Alumni Association, New York City, February 9, 1939.—James Allen, Democracy and Finance, p.
		This was Douglas’s last speech before his appointment to the Supreme Court.
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	Yakima Valley Museum:William O. Douglas
		For the past 16 years, the museum has been pleased to display a re-creation of Douglas' Washington, D.C. office; the contents of which were given to the museum following Douglas' death in 1980.
		Duerre examined existing Douglas biographies and recommended ways in which the new exhibition could accurately interpret the lifelong relationship between Yakima and Douglas.
		1898 William Orville Douglas is born to the Reverend William and Julia Douglas in Maine, Minnesota, on October 16.
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	The Infography about U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas
		Douglas, William O. The following sources are recommended by a professor whose research specialty is U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas.
		Douglas, William O. Papers of William O. Douglas, 1801-1980 (bulk 1923-1975).
		Douglas, William O., and Murphy, Walter F. Transcriptions of Conversations between Justice William O. Douglas and Professor Walter F. Murphy, 1961-1963.
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	all things William
		Those rights, then, which God and nature have established, and are therefore called natural rights, such as life and liberty, need not the aid of human laws to be more effectually invested in every man than they are; neither do they receive any additional strength when declared by the municipal laws to be inviolate.
		In general it is no business of the government what rite or practice a person selects as a part of his religious beliefs; and he may not be punished for practicing or avowing it.
		Right, in a word, is the duty which each man owes to himself; or it is that portion of the general good of which (as being principally interested) he is made the special judge, and which is put under his immediate keeping.
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	Benefits of The William O. Douglas Society: Earthjustice: Environmental Law
		The William O. Douglas Society honors the legacy of Justice William Orville Douglas, who served on the U.S. Supreme Court from 1939 to 1975.
		Fusing his exceptional passion for the environment with his legal authority, Justice Douglas laid the groundwork for the right of individuals to sue on behalf of our natural world.
		Members of the William O. Douglas Society, through their annual contributions of $1000 or more, help carry on Justice Douglas’s vision by strengthening the ability of Earthjustice to engage in critical court cases to safeguard our natural heritage.
	www.earthjustice.org /how_to_help/more_ways/WODS (324 words)

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