Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1891, May 19 | Born, Los Angeles, Calif. |
| 1912 | B.A., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. |
| 1914 | J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Admitted to the California bar |
| 1914-1917 | Law practice, San Francisco and Oakland, Calif. |
| 1917-1918 | United States Army |
| 1919 | Clerk, Assembly Judiciary Committee, California legislature |
| 1919-1920 | Deputy city attorney, Oakland, Calif. |
| 1920-1925 | Deputy and chief deputy district attorney, Alameda County, Calif. |
| 1925 | Married Nina Palmquist Meyers |
| 1925-1939 | District attorney, Alameda County, Calif. |
| 1939-1943 | Attorney general of California |
| 1943-1953 | Governor of California |
| 1948 | Republican candidate, vice president of the United States |
| 1953-1969 | Chief justice of the United States |
| 1963-1964 | Chairman, Warren Commission (President's Commission on the Assassination of President John F. Kennedy) |
| 1974, July 9 | Died, Washington, D.C. |