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Earl Warren
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Historical Figure
Nationality: United States
Religion: Protestantism
Date of Birth: 1891
Date of Death: 1974
Cause of Death: Natural Causes
Occupation: Lawyer, Politician, Judge
Spouse: Nina Elisabeth Meyers
Affiliations: Republican Party
Turtledove Appearances:
Worldwar
POD: June 5, 1942
Appearance(s): Second Contact
through
Aftershocks
Type of Appearance: Direct
Date of Birth: 1891
Date of Death: 1965
Cause of Death: Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound
Earl Warren (1891–1974) was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States and the only person ever elected thrice as Governor of California. Prior to holding these positions, Warren served as a California district attorney for Alameda County and Attorney General of California. In 1948 he was the Republican Party's nominee for the office of Vice President of the United States, but Warren and his running mate, Thomas Dewey, lost the election to Democats Harry Truman and Alben Barkley by a fairly narrow margin.

His tenure as Chief Justice saw the issuing of several critical rulings that shaped American law and society.

Warren also led a commission that investigated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, reaching the controversial conclusion that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone.

Earl Warren in WorldwarEdit

Earl Warren (1891-1965) served as President of the United States 1961-1965. His is a controversial legacy: in 1962 he secretly ordered a nuclear strike on the Race's Colonization Fleet. When the truth came out in 1965, Warren allowed the Race to destroy the city of Indianapolis rather than surrender America's space program, and then took his own life.

Warren was elected President in 1960 and would be reelected over Hubert Humphrey in 1964. He was in office when the Race's Colonization Fleet arrived at Earth in 1962. He ordered a secret attack using nuclear missiles fired from a satellite that destroyed a dozen of the Fleet's starships. Warren concealed his role in the affair for several years but the information was ultimately leaked to the Race in 1965 by Sam Yeager through Straha--this despite Warren's best efforts to silence Yeager through draconian extralegal measures. Atvar threatened war with the United States; having seen how quickly and easily the Race had defeated Germany in the prior months, Warren knew he must avoid a war at all costs. Atvar offered two other options: abandon all space exploration for the indefinite future, or allow the Race to destroy an American city. Warren knew he must choose one of the two lest his country be destroyed; and he would not give up the space program, a sign of his country's might and technological prowess, and so he surprised and disappointed Atvar by allowing him to destroy Indianapolis. Warren then committed suicide in the Gray House, and was succeeded by his Vice President, Harold Stassen.

Political offices (OTL)
Preceded by
Culbert Olson
Governor of California
1943-1953
Succeeded by
Goodwin Knight
Preceded by
Fred M. Vinson
Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court
1953-1969
Succeeded by
Warren Berger
Political offices (Worldwar)
Preceded by
Unknown; last known is Cordell Hull
President of the United States
1961-1965
Succeeded by
Harold Stassen
Party political offices (Worldwar)
Preceded by
Unknown; Wendell Willkie is the last known
Republican Party presidential candidate
1960 (won); 1964 (won)
Succeeded by
Harold Stassen (presumed)
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