November 24, 2024
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Name: David Hackett Souter Born: Sept. 17, 1939 in Melrose, Massachusetts Education: Graduated from Harvard University, 1961 Attended Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar from 1961 to 1963. Received law degree from Harvard in 1966. Religion: Episcopalian Politics: Republican Personal: Never married. Lives alone on the family farm near Weare, New Hampshire. Career: 1966 to 1968- Practiced law in Concord, New Hampshire. 1968- Became an assistant attorney general. 1971- Appointed deputy attorney general. 1976- Appointed attorney general. 1978- Appointed a state Superior Court judge. 1983- Named by Governor John Sununu, now White House chief of staff, to the New Hampshire Supreme Court. 1990- Appointed to the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston on April 30.


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