Sherman Minton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice

Sherman Minton: New Deal Senator, Cold War Justice by Linda C. Gugin. hardcover edition. ISBN: 9780871951168.

Written by Gugin and St. Clair, Indiana University Southeast professors, this book details the life of Indiana native Sherman Minton (1890–1965), U.S. senator (1935–41), justice of the Seventh Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals (1941–49), and U.S. Supreme Court justice (1949–56). In his foreword, Abner J. Mikva, Chief Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, Washington, D.C., Circuit, states that "this is a long overdue biography. Sherman Minton of Indiana was the last appointee to the Supreme Court who had prior experience as a member of Congress. . . . What makes this biography so pertinent is its thorough examination of Minton’s entire career. . . . The book describes a direction on the Supreme Court that no longer exists and probably will not be replicated."