Edward Douglass White
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Chief justice of the United States from 1910 to 1921
Why Is Edward Douglass White Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Edward Douglass White Jr. was an American politician and jurist. White, a native of Louisiana, was a U.S. Supreme Court justice for 27 years, first as an associate justice from 1894 to 1910, then as the ninth chief justice from 1910 until his death in 1921. White is known for siding with the Supreme Court majority in Plessy v. Ferguson, which upheld the legality of state segregation.
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