Willis Van Devanter was an American lawyer who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1910 to 1937.On February 4, 1903, President Theodore Roosevelt nominated Van Devanter to a seat on the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals created by 32 Stat. 791. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on February 18, 1903, and received his commission the same day. In 1910, William Howard Taft elevated him to the Supreme Court.Van Devanter assumed senior status on June 2, 1937, one of the first Supreme Court Justices to do so. Willis Van Devanter has hand signed this 1.5x3 Vintage cut signature. Exceptional black penned full signature dated January, 16, 1933– Beckett Review Order ID #28127 and Review Order Item ID #33296