 :for the indian newspaper editor and british politician, see stanley reed.  stanley forman reed (december 31, 1884 â april 2, 1980) was a noted american attorney who served as united states solicitor general from 1935 to 1938 and as an associate justice of the u.s. supreme court from 1938 to 1957. he was the last supreme court justice who did not graduate from law school (though justice robert h. jackson, who served from 1941 to 1954, was the last such justice appointed to the supreme court). ==early life== stanley reed was born in the small town of minerva in mason county, kentucky, on the last day of 1884 to john and frances (forman) reed. his father was a wealthy physician and a protestant who adhered to no particular organized church. the reeds and formans traced their history to the earliest colonial period in america, and these family heritages were impressed upon young stanley at an early age.fassett, new deal justice: the life of stanley reed of kentucky, 1994.tomlins, the united states supreme court: the pursuit of justice, 2005."new deal pleas won reed fame," new york times, january 16, 1938.goodman, "ex-justice stanley reed, 95, dead," new york times, april 4, 1980. reed attended kentucky wesleyan college and received a b.a. degree in 1902. he then attended yale university as an undergraduate, and obtained a second b.a. in 1906. he studied law at the university of virginia (where he was a member of st. elmo hall) and columbia university, but did not obtain a law degree. reed married the former winifred elgin in may 1908. the couple had two sons, john a. and stanley jr., who both became att
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