Justice Frederick M. Vinson
(Jan 22, 1890 – Sep 8, 1953)

Occupation: Attorney, US Supreme Court Justice.
Education: Centre College, Danville, Ky.
Interred: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia
Lodge affiliation:
Member of Apperson Lodge #195, Louisa, Ky.
Member, Louisa Chapter No. 95, R.A.M., Louisa, Ky.

Justice Vinson graduated from Centre College in Danville, Kentucky and setup his law practice in Louisa, Kentucky. He was elected to the office as the City Attorney of Louisa.

He was elected to as Congressman from Kentucky in 1924. He served until 1928 and was then re-elected in 1930. He resigned from Congress in 1938 when he was appointed by President Roosevelt associate justice of U.S. court of appeals for the District of Columbia, serving as such until 1942. He was then appointed to chief judge of U.S. emergency court of appeals. He resigned in 1943 to become the director of the Office of Economic Stabilization, serving until 1945. In April, 1945 he was appointed director of Office War Mobilization and Reconversion until July of that same year when he was appointed the Secretary of the Treasury by President Truman. He served as Secretary of the Treasury until President Truman appointed him to serve on the United States Supreme Court in 1946 where he served until his death in 1953.