Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) was an American jurist who served on the Supreme Court of the United States from 1902 to 1932. Noted for his long service, his concise and pithy opinions, and his deference to the decisions of elected legislatures, he is one of the most widely cited United States Supreme Court justices in history.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. (1841–1935) was an American soldier during the Great Rebellion. In July 1864, the Confederate general Jubal Early conducted a raid north of Washington, DC (the Battle of Fort Stevens), and President Abraham Lincoln came out to watch the troops skirmishing. At six foot four, with his stovepipe hat adding eight inches to his height, Lincoln stood on the parapet, watching smoke puffs from Confederate snipers, seemingly unafraid, even when an officer three feet from him was dropped by a Confederate bullet. A 23-year old Oliver Wendell Holmes saw this foolhardy target sticking up, and not realizing it was the President of the United States, shouted, "Get down, you damn fool, before you get shot!" When Lincoln turned to leave the parapet, a sniper hit him. Holmes was ordered by General Horatio Wright to fetch a doctor, although both men knew Lincoln was dead.[1]
Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) was a War of Secession[2] veteran who served as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in the early twentieth century. Before the Great War, the conservative Holmes Court handed down a number of holdings which favored the military necessity of the the Remembrance ideology.[3]
He died during the Hoover Administration and was replaced by Cicero Pittman, who was also a conservative Democrat.[4]
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