Stanley Nelson Barnes was a noted American college football player, an assistant attorney general of the United States, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
16 Facts About Stanley Barnes
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Stanley Barnes was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame in 1954 and was among the first group of inductees at the Cal Athletic Hall of Fame in 1986.
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Stanley Barnes was in the United States Naval Reserve from 1918 to 1921.
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Stanley Barnes received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1922 and a Juris Doctor from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1925.
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Stanley Barnes was in private practice in San Francisco, California from 1925 to 1928, and then in Los Angeles, California until 1947.
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Stanley Barnes was a lecturer at the USC Gould School of Law and Medical School from 1947 to 1952.
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Stanley Barnes joined the California Republican Assembly, a grassroots political organization, and rose within its ranks to become one of the GOP's power-brokers in California.
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Stanley Barnes's friend from Berkeley, Earl Warren, remained a confidant and Barnes was a member of Warren's inner circle through his rise to governor.
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Stanley Barnes was Presiding Judge of the Superior Court of the State of California for the County of Los Angeles from 1947 to 1953.
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Stanley Barnes was an Assistant United States Attorney General in Washington, DC in charge of the Antitrust Division from 1953 to 1956, and co-chaired the National Committee to Study Antitrust Laws.
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On March 5,1956, Barnes was nominated by President Dwight D Eisenhower to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit vacated by Judge William Edwin Orr.
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Stanley Barnes was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 20,1956, and received his commission on March 21,1956.
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Stanley Barnes assumed senior status on October 31,1970, serving in that capacity until his death on March 5,1990.
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Stanley Barnes died at the age of 89 in Palm Springs, California.
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Stanley Barnes was buried at San Gabriel Cemetery, in San Gabriel, California.
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Stanley Nelson Barnes was a member of the Sigma Chi fraternity.