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James Francis Byrnes (US: / ˈ b ɜːr n z / BURNZ; May 2, 1882 – April 9, 1972) was an American judge and politician from South Carolina.A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the U.S. Congress and on the U.S. Supreme Court, as well as in the executive branch, most prominently as the 49th U.S. Secretary of State under President Harry S. Truman.
James Michael Byrne [3] (born August 28, 1964) is an American lawyer who served as the United States Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs from August 2018 to February 2020. He previously served as the general counsel for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs .
Associate Justice James F. Byrnes, whose short tenure lasted from June 1941 to October 1942, was the last Justice without a law degree to be appointed; Stanley Forman Reed, who served on the Court from 1938 to 1957, was the last sitting Justice from such a background. In total, of the 114 justices appointed to the Court, 49 have had law degrees ...
That same day, Roosevelt also nominated James F. Byrnes, and Robert H. Jackson to the court, with Byrnes to succeed McReynolds and Jackson to fill the associate justice seat to be vacated by the elevation of Stone. Byrnes was confirmed by the Senate on the same day by voice vote. [8]
South Carolina Gov. James Byrnes had in 1951 pushed through a 3 percent state sales tax to fund new schools and buses for the express purpose of avoiding integration.
On July 8, 1941, James F. Byrnes became the last Justice appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States who had never attended college or law school, and he was the penultimate appointee who had been admitted to practice by reading law. Byrnes was followed by Robert H. Jackson, who was commissioned just three days later, on July 11, 1941 ...
James won a $454 million civil fraud judgment against Trump, 78, earlier this year after accusing the real estate magnate of inflating his net worth by billions of dollars to get better loan and ...
James Byrne (lawyer) (born 1964), American lawyer; James Byrne (musician) (1946–2008), Irish traditional musician; James Byrne (poet) (born 1977), British poet and editor; James Byrne (VC) (1822–1872), Irish recipient of the Victoria Cross; James Byrne (fl. 1775–1819) of Clone, County Wexford, see List of monumental masons