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Home > Liberal arts > IU Southeast profs write bio of chief justice | |
 Vinson
| Chief Justice Fred M. Vinson of Kentucky: A Political Biography has been published by the University of Kentucky Press and offers a wealth of insight into one of the mo
st significant and highly regarded political figures to emerge from the Commonwealth. The book is the culmination of eight years of research by IU Southeast’s James St. Clair and Linda Gugin. St. Clair is a journalist and Gugin a political scientist.
Their subject was the 13th chief justice of the United States. Vinson started his political career as a small-town Kentucky lawyer and rose to positions of power in all three branches of federal government. A graduate of Kentucky’s Centre College, he serv ed 12 years in the U.S. House of Representatives, where he achieved acclaim as a tax and fiscal expert. FDR appointed him to the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and later to key positions in the executive branch. Vinson was a confidant to President Harry Truman who appointed him secretary of the treasury and then chief justice. The Vinson court is remembered for addressing issues affecting individual rights in relation to racial discrimination and issues related t o the cold war.
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