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Historical marker #636 in Louisa, Kentucky (Lawrence County) honors Frederick “Fred” M. Vinson, who served as a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and as the 13th Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.
Vinson was born in Louisa on January 22, 1890, in an eight-room, red brick house in front of the Lawrence County jail, where his father served as the jailer. He graduated from Kentucky Normal School in 1909 and enrolled at Centre College, where he graduated from at the top of his class. Following the completion of his legal studies, Vinson entered private practice in Louisa and became involved in local political affairs. He first ran for and was elected to office in Louisa as the City Attorney.
Vinson joined the Army during World War I. Following the War, he was elected as the Commonwealth’s Attorney for the Thirty-Second Judicial District of Kentucky and served from 1921-1924. In 1924, Vinson ran in a special election for his district’s seat in Cong
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Frederick Vinson
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Chief Justice Fred Vinson in 1938. During his time as head of a contentious court, Vinson upheld national security over individual First Amendment rights in cases such as Dennis v. United States (1951) and American Communications Association v. Douds (1950). (Photo by Harris & Ewing at the Library of Congress, public domain.)
Frederick Moore Vinson (1890–1953) was the 13th chief justice of the United States. The Cold War, fear of Communism, and government loyalty and security programs dominated the Court’s docket during Vinson’s tenure.
Vinson played a leading role in creating New Deal programs
Frederick Vinson was born in Louisa, Ky., on Jan. 22, 1890. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives as a Democrat in 1922, and while in Congress he befriended Missouri senator Harry S. Truman, who became his long-time friend.
While in Washington, Vinson played a leading role in creating New Deal programs. In 1938 President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Vinson to the District
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Fred Vinson (basketball)
American basketball player and coach
Frederick O'Neal Vinson (born January 28, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach and former player who serves as assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). At 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) and 190 lb (86 kg) he played guard.
Born in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, Vinson attended Georgia Institute of Technology and Chowan Junior College (North Carolina). As a guard at Georgia Tech he was named MVP for the 1993–94 team. During that season he was also the team's third leading scorer. Specializing in long range shooting, Vinson led the Yellow Jackets in three-point field goals (70) and three point percentage (.402). In the 1994–95 NBA season he played five games with the Atlanta Hawks, scoring four total points. During the 1999–2000 NBA season, he played eight games with the Seattle SuperSonics, averaging 1.6 points per game. Vinson also played with the Atlanta Trojans of the United States Basketball League (USBL) in 1994, and with the Mexico Azteca
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