Sherman Minton was a United States Senator from Indiana. He was also an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Minton served as a captain in World War I, following which he launched a legal and political career. In 1956, poor health forced him to retire, after which he traveled and lectured until his death in 1965.
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Sherman Minton was a United States Senator from Indiana. He was also an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Minton served as a captain in World War I, following which he launched a legal and political career. In 1956, poor health forced Minton to retire, after which he traveled and lectured until his death in 1965. In 1962, the Sherman Minton Bridge in southern Indiana and the Minton-Capehart Federal Building in Indianapolis were named in his honor. He died in 1965 and was buried at the Indiana State Cemetery in Indianapolis. He is survived by his wife, two daughters, and a son-in-law, all of whom served in the U.S. Senate from Indiana from 1930 to 1956. He also leaves a daughter, Susan, who served in Congress from 1961 to 1965. He had a son, Herbert Minton, who became a lawyer and served as Indiana’s state attorney general from 1966 to 1971. His son Herbert was a member of the Indiana House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971, and later served as the state’s lieutenant governor from 1971 to 1973. He served as mayor of Georgetown, Indiana, from 1973 to 1978, and was elected to the Indiana state legislature in 1978. He lost his re-election bid in 1980, but was re-elected to the Senate in 1984. He retired from Congress in 1986, and died in 1986. He leaves a wife and two daughters. He has a son and a daughter-in law, both of whom serve in the Indiana Senate from 1986 to 1991. He lived in Indiana with his wife and three children.
He later died in Indiana, where he was buried in a suburb of Indianapolis. His funeral was held on December 3, 1986. His great-great-grandfather, Jonathan Minton,. was killed during the American Civil War and his father grew up on his own. His father was a day laborer for the New Albany and St. Louis Air Line Railway. His mother developed breast cancer in 1899 and died at the family farm in 1900. He became disabled when he suffered heat stroke while working. In 1904 he was arrested for disregarding a town ordinance forbidding a bicyclists to ride on the sidewalk. His younger brother, Herbert, joined him to take a job at the Swift and Swift meatpacking plant in Fort Worth, Texas, and soon joined him. He went on to become a lawyer. He married Sarah Montague Montague, whom he met at the Fort Worth meat packing plant in 1901. He and his wife had three children, two sons, and one daughter. In 1940, Minton became one of the top Senate allies of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After Roosevelt’s death, President Harry S. Truman nominated him to the Supreme court. On October 4, 1949, he was confirmed by the Senate by a vote of 48 to 16, 15 Republicans and one Democrat voting against him. In 1952, he became a regular dissenter after President Dwight Eisenhower’s appointees altered the court’s composition. He generally ruled in favor of order over freedom as a result of his broad interpretation of governmental powers.
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