Earl Warren | Oyez

A self-made man, Chief Justice Earl Warren transformed the judicial system during a tumultuous time for American politics. Earl Warren was born on March 19, 1891, in Los Angeles, California. The second child of Chrystal and Methias Warren, Earl and his sister, Ethel, grew up in a financially conservative family whose values centered on the importance of a good work ethic and education. His family moved to Bakersfield, California, where Warren entered school a year sooner than most children upon his father’s urging. Though his father funded him all the way through college, Warren held a job every summer from the age of nine. One of his jobs was working for Southern Pacific, the company where his father worked as a railroad car mechanic. There he learned lessons about monopolistic power, corruption, and political dominance that shaped his career. Warren went on to college at the University of California at Berkeley. Warren was little more than an average student, with decent but undistin

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