angel, jesús, sánchez, august, 1891, ciales, puerto, rico, april, 1951, puerto, rican, jurist, served, fifth, chief, justice, supreme, court, puerto, rico, from, 1948, till, 1951, after, graduating, from, central, high, school, santurce, puerto, rico, 1910, we. Angel de Jesus Sanchez August 9 1891 in Ciales Puerto Rico April 30 1951 was a Puerto Rican jurist who served as the fifth chief justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from 1948 till 1951 After graduating from the Central High School in Santurce Puerto Rico in 1910 went to Cornell Law School in Ithaca New York to study the law He started practicing as a lawyer in 1913 Was appointed municipal judge in Juana Diaz Puerto Rico in 1915 Served also as municipal judge in Coamo Puerto Rico and San Juan Puerto Rico After a few years in private practice He was appointed to the United States bankruptcy court where he spent twelve years After serving as district judge in San Juan Puerto Rico Angel de Jesus Sanchez was nominated as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico in 1938 by president Harry S Truman In 1948 was appointed as the 5th Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico also by president Truman Held that position until his death on April 30 1951 at age 59 References edithttp www ramajudicial pr sistema supremo presidentes dejesus new htm Legal offices Preceded byHarvey Hutchinson Associate Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court1938 1948 Succeeded byLuis Negron Fernandez Preceded byMartin Travieso Chief Justice of the Puerto Rico Supreme Court1948 1951 Succeeded byRobert Todd Borras nbsp This Puerto Rican biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This biography of a state judge in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Angel de Jesus Sanchez amp oldid 1169443650, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
