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…winning Supreme Circuit Court victory in Garner v. Louisiana; nominated to Second Court of Appeals by President J.F. Kennedy -1961 Appointed circuit judge, makes 112 rulings, all of them later upheld by Supreme Court (1961-1965) -1965 Appointed U.S. solicitor general by President Lyndon Johnson; wins 14 of the 19 cases he argues for the government (1965-1967) -1967 Becomes first African American elevated to U.S. Supreme Court -1991 Retires from the Supreme Court -1993 Dies at 84