Taft’s Supreme Court Appointments
President Taft has appointed four Justices of the Federal Supreme Court, and elevated Associate Justice White to Chief Justice. Those appointed are Justice H. H. Lurton, in 1909; and Justice Charles E. Hughes, Justice Joseph R. Lamar (of Georgia), and Justice Willis Van Devanter (of Wyoming) in 1910. White, Lurton, and Lamar are Democrats; Harlan, McKenna, Holmes, Day, Hughes, Van Devanter, are Republicans. The last two appointments have not yet been confirmed by the Senate. Mr. White is the first Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States who ever became Chief Justice. Do you wish a happy year?—Then forget yourself in the service of Christ and humanity.