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'''Charles Evans Whittaker''' (February 22, 1901 – November 26, 1973) was an [[Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court]] from 1957 to 1962. After working in private practice in [[Kansas City, Missouri|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], he was nominated for the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri]]. In 1956, President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] nominated Whittaker to the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit]]. In 1957, he won confirmation to the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], thus becoming the first individual to serve as a judge on a federal district court, a federal court of appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. During his brief tenure on the [[Warren Court]], Whittaker emerged as a swing vote. In 1962, he suffered a [[nervous breakdown]] and resigned from the Court. After leaving the Supreme Court, he served as chief counsel to [[General Motors]] and frequently criticized the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and the [[Warren Court]].