Charles Evans Whittaker (February 22, 1901 – November 26, 1973) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962. U.S. Supreme Court photograph of Charles Evans Whittaker This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... U.S. Supreme Court photograph of Charles Evans Whittaker This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of every year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... November 26 is the 330th day (331st on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ... The Justices of the United States Supreme Court, other than the Chief Justice, are termed Associate Justices. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Whittaker was born on a farm near Troy, Kansas and attended school until he dropped out in the ninth grade. He spent the next two years hunting, trapping and farming, but developed an interest in law by reading newspaper articles about criminal trials. He applied to the Kansas City School of Law (currently the University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Law) and gained admission with the condition that he first acquire a high school education. He spent two years working, and taking high school courses from a private tutor before enrolling. While he was a student at the school, from 1922-1924, Harry S. Truman was a classmate of his. He received his law degree in 1924. Troy is a city located in Doniphan County, Kansas (see map). ... University logo The University of Missouri-Kansas City (abbreviated UMKC) is an institution of higher learning located in Kansas City, Missouri. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Harry S. Truman (May 8, 1884 – December 26, 1972) was the thirty-fourth Vice President (1945) and the thirty-third President of the United States (1945–1953), succeeding to the office upon the death of Franklin D. Roosevelt. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Whittaker joined a law firm in Kansas City, Missouri and built up a practice in corporate law. He had close ties to the Republican party. This led to his first appointment as a judge on the US District Court for the western division of Missouri on July 8, 1954. He then was nominated to the US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on June 5, 1956. He developed a good reputation as a judge and less than a year later he was nominated by his fellow Kansan, President Dwight Eisenhower, as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. City nickname: City of Fountains, Heart of the Nation Location Location in the state of Missouri Government Country State County United States Missouri Cass/Clay/Jackson/Platte Mayor Kay Barnes Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 318 sq. ... Corporations law or corporate law is the law concerning the creation and regulation of corporations. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Missouri, named after the Missouri Siouan Indian tribe meaning canoe, is a Southern U.S. state in the United States with Jefferson City as its capital. ... July 8 is the 189th day of the year (190th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 176 days remaining. ... 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (157th in leap years), with 209 days remaining. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Dwight David Ike Eisenhower (October 14, 1890–March 28, 1969), American soldier and politician, was the 34th President of the United States (1953–1961) and supreme commander of the Allied forces in Europe during World War II, with the rank of General of the Army. ...

On the closely-divided Supreme Court, Whittaker was a swing vote, but failed to develop a consistent judicial philosophy. He agonized deeply about his vote in 1962's Baker v. Carr and suffered a nervous breakdown in the spring of 1962. At the behest of Chief Justice Earl Warren, Whittaker retired from the Court in 1962 citing exhaustion from the workload. Baker v. ... Earl Warren Earl Warren (March 19, 1891 – July 9, 1974) was a California district attorney, the 30th Governor of California and the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. ...

After the conclusion of his Supreme Court service, Whittaker became chief counsel to General Motors. He also became a resolute critic of the Warren Court as well as the Civil Rights Movement, decrying the civil disobedience of the type practiced by Martin Luther King, Jr. and his followers as lawless. Like many conservatives, he criticized the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as unconstitutional. General Motors Corporation NYSE: GM, also known as GM, is a United States-based automobile maker with worldwide operations and brands including Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, Daewoo, GMC, Holden, Hummer, Opel, Pontiac, Saturn, Saab, and Vauxhall. ... Civil Rights Movement in the United States, political, legal, and social struggle to gain full citizenship rights for African American and to achieve racial equality. ... An anti-war activist is arrested for civil disobedience on the steps of the Supreme Court on February 9, 2005. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. ... President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964. ...

He died in 1973 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City of a ruptured abdominal aneurism. He was survived by a wife, Winifred, and three sons, C. Keither, Kent C and Gary T. An aneurysm (or aneurism) (from Gr. ...

Sources

• Former Justice Whittaker of Supreme Court is dead, New York Times, November 27, 1973.

November 27 is the 331st day (332nd on leap years) of the year. ... 1973 was a common year starting on Monday. ...

Stanley Forman Reed ( December 31, 1884 – April 2, 1980) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court from 1938 to 1957. ... In order to become a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, an individual must be nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the U.S. Senate, with at least half of that body approving in the affirmative. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (91st in Leap years), with 275 days remaining, as the final day of March. ... 1962 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Byron White Byron Raymond White (June 8, 1917 – April 15, 2002) won fame both as a speedy running back and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

The Warren Court
1957–1958:	H. Black | F. Frankfurter | Wm. O. Douglas | H.H. Burton | T.C. Clark | J.M. Harlan II | Wm. J. Brennan | C.E. Whittaker
1958–1962:	H. Black | F. Frankfurter | Wm. O. Douglas | T.C. Clark | J.M. Harlan II | Wm. J. Brennan | C.E. Whittaker | P. Stewart