Warren E. Burger

Warren Burger (1907-1995), Former Chief Justice. Wiki

"Born in Saint Paul, Minn. Sept. 17, 1907, he worked his way through law school there and became active in Republican politics under Harold Stassen, serving as his floor manager at the 1948 and 1952 Republican conventions. In 1955, President Eisenhower appointed Burger to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. President. Nixon named him to succeed Earl Warren as chief justice in 1969.

"Burger retired in 1986 to head a commission celebrating the Constitution's bicentennial."

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