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Charles Evans Whittaker (1901–1973) was an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1957 to 1962, nominated by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Raised on a Missouri farm and previously a federal district judge and Eighth Circuit appellate judge, he struggled with the Court's workload and resigned after about five years, one of the shortest tenures in the Court's history.
The federal courthouse in Kansas City is named in his honor.
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