An appointee from President Richard Nixon, Warren Burger was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, September 17, 1907. His parents were both Swiss-German immigrants, Charles Joseph Burger and Katherine (Schnittger) Burger. He came from a large family that consisted of seven children. Warren’s father worked as a cargo inspector and a salesman. Because they were a working class family, Warren worked as a newspaper delivery boy at nine years old. Warren was able to complete high school in 1925, he was very active in sports, the student council, and he even wrote sports articles for the local newspaper. Warren worked as a salesman for a life insurance company to help finance his way through the University of Minnesota. Warren was able to complete his law degree from St Paul College of Law. …show more content…
Warren wanted to serve during WWII, but because of spinal injury he served on the State’s Labor War Board. His political career continued when he served as the floor manager for the Republican National Convention. Burger voiced his support for Dwight D. Eisenhower during the 1952 campaign for President. After the election, Eisenhower made Burger the head of the civil division of the Justice Department. His department handled all civil litigation that did not include anti-trust or land litigation. Burger’s first contact with the Supreme Court was when he argued a case in front of them and lost. Burger’s first appointment came from Eisenhower, when he was asked to sit on the US Courts of Appeals from the District of Columbia. He was able to lecture on several topics to include insanity defense and judicial administration. He was consistently pro-prosecution and argued that confessions should be allowed into evidence, it did not matter how the police were able to get the defendant to confess. He fought that the judiciary part of the government should not interfere with the law