Willis van Devanter

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Willis Van Devanter (April 17, 1859 - February 8, 1941) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, January 3, 1911 to June 2, 1937. Born in Marion, Indiana, he graduated from the Cincinnati Law School in 1881. After three years private practice in Marion, he moved to the Wyoming Territory where he served as city attorney of Cheyenne, Wyoming, a member of the territorial legislature, as chief judge of the territorial court.