In recognition of Rehnquist's record on the Court, President ronald reagan nominated him in 1986 to succeed Chief Justice Burger.
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William Rehnquist grew up in a staunchly Republican household in Shorewood, a suburb north of Milwaukee. His parents often discussed politics at the dinner table, and voted for Republican standard bearers ... When Chief Justice Warren Burger retired in 1986, President Ronald Reagan appointed Rehnquist as Chief Justice.
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It contains events related to the event January 7, 1972: Rehnquist Appointed to Supreme Court; Dodges Allegations of Racial Harassment. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. ... Deputy Attorney General William Rehnquist is sworn in as an associate justice of the Supreme Court,
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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Chief Justice William Rehnquist, who quietly advanced the conservative ideology of the Supreme Court under his leadership, died Saturday evening. ... President Nixon appointed Rehnquist to the Supreme Court in 1972, and in 1986, President Reagan tapped him as chief justice to replace Warren Burger.
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The University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law announced today that Sally M. Rider, administrative assistant to Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr., has been named director of The William H. Rehnquist Center on the Constitutional Structures of Government, a nonpartisan national research center being established...
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A conservative stalwart appointed as associate Justice by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972, Rehnquist was elevated to chief justice in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan. ... William Hubbs Rehnquist, the 16th chief justice of the United States, died last night at his home in Arlington. He was 80.
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William Rehnquist was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Richard Nixon in 1971 and took his seat in 1972
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Update: Chief Justice William Rehnquist Returns to Bench; (3/21/05); Analysis of the Chief Justice's return; (03/21/05); ... With Kleindeist's help, Rehnquist returned to Washington when President Nixon appointed him to serve as assistant attorney general for the Office of Legal Affairs in the Department of Justice.
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When Richard Nixon appointed William Rehnquist to the Supreme Court in 1971, many expected a conservative justice for the ages. But things don't always turn out the way we expect, as Newsweek reports: "When Ronald Reagan appointed Rehnquist to be Chief Justice in 1986, many predicted that the “Rehnquist Court”...
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William Hubbs Rehnquist (1924-2005) ... Birth, Residence, and Family Born October 1, 1924, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the son of William Benjamin Rehnquist and Margery Peck Rehnquist. Married Natalie Cornell of San ... Appointed Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel, by President Nixon in January 1969.
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