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\"Supreme Court Chief Justice\" Fred Vinson Signed Check JG Autograph COA:
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Up for sale\"Supreme Court Chief Justice\" Fred Vinson Signed Check Dated 1922.This item is certified authentic byJG Autographsand comes with their Letter of Authenticity.
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Frederick \"Fred\" Moore Vinson(January 22, 1890 – September 8, 1953) was an AmericanDemocraticpolitician who served the United Statesin all three branches of government. The most prominent member of theVinson political family, he was the 53rdUnited States Secretary of the Treasuryand the 13thChief Justice of the United States. Born inLouisa, Kentucky, he pursued a legal career and served in the army duringWorld War I. After the war, he served as the Commonwealth\'s Attorney for the Thirty-Second Judicial District of Kentucky before winning election to theUnited States House of Representativesin 1924. He lost re-election in 1928 but regained his seat in 1930 and served in Congress until 1937. During his time in Congress, he became an adviser and confidante of Missouri SenatorHarry S. Truman. In 1937, PresidentFranklin D. Rooseveltappointed Vinson to theUnited States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Vinson resigned from the appellate court in 1943, when he became the Director of theOffice of Economic Stabilization. After Truman acceded to the presidency following Roosevelt\'s death in 1945, Truman appointed Vinson to the position of Secretary of the Treasury. Vinson negotiated the payment of theAnglo-American loanand presided over the establishment of numerous post-war organizations, including theInternational Bank for Reconstruction and Developmentand theInternational Monetary Fund. After the death of Chief JusticeHarlan F. Stonein 1946, Truman appointed Vinson to the Supreme Court. To date, Vinson is the last Chief Justice nominee nominated by a president from the Democratic Party to be confirmed.Vinson dissented in the case ofYoungstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer, which ruled against Truman\'s seizure of the nation\'s steel mills during a strike. He ordered a rehearing of theBriggs v. Elliottcase, which was eventually combined into the case known asBrown v. Board of Education. Vinson unexpectedly died of a heart attack in 1953.