Hugo Black
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Most Influential Person Across History
U.S. Supreme Court justice
Why Is Hugo Black Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hugo Lafayette Black was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist who served as a U.S. Senator from Alabama from 1927 to 1937 and as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1937 to 1971. A member of the Democratic Party and a devoted New Dealer, Black endorsed Franklin D. Roosevelt in both the 1932 and 1936 presidential elections.
