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Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1372
John Van Voorhis
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Ar…
Image courtesy of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, Museum Artifacts Collection, Artifact No. 1969.80.1372

John Van Voorhis

American
New York Supreme Court Justice (1936)
New York Supreme Court Justice (1950)
Chief Judge of New York (1953)

John Van Voorhis served two terms as a New York Supreme Court Justice in 1936 and 1950. Under Governor Dewey, Van Voorhis was appointed as Chief Justice in 1953 to fill the vacancy of previous Chief Edmund H. Lewis.
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