Earl Warren

Earl Warren March 19 1891 July 9 1974 was an American attorney and politician who served as the 30th governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and as the 14th chief justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969 The Warren Court presided over a major shift in American constitutional jurisprudence which has been recognized by many as a Constitutional Revolution in the liberal direction with Warren writing the majority opinions in landmark cases such as Brown v Board of Education 1954 Reynolds v Sims 1964 Miranda v Arizona 1966 and Loving v Virginia 1967 Warren also led the Warren Commission a presidential commission that investigated the 1963 assassination of President John F Kennedy He served as Governor of California from 1943 to 1953 and is the last chief justice to have served in an elected office before nomination to the Supreme Court Warren is generally considered to be one of the most influential Supreme Court justices and political leaders in the history of the United States