Louis Brandeis (1856-1941) accompanies Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes (1841-1935) on his 90th birthday.

Louis Dembritz Brandies (1856-1941)

Born in Louisville, Kentucky, a graduate of Harvard Law school and a successful Boston lawyer, Louis Dembritz Brandeis was the first Jew appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court in 1916. Serving until 1939, Brandeis often joined with Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes in dissenting from the majority. After Franklin Roosevelt became president, Brandeis,a longtime supporter of social and economic reforms, was one of the few Justices that voted to uphold most of FDR's New Deal legislation.