Editing Earl Warren (section)

==Early life, family, and education==
[[File:Earl Warren 1918.jpg|thumb|left|Warren as a U.S. Army officer in 1918]]
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Warren was born in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], on March 19, 1891, to Matt Warren and his wife, Crystal. Matt, whose original family name was Vaare, was born in [[Stavanger]], [[Norway]], in 1864, and he and his family migrated to the United States in 1866. Crystal, whose maiden name was Hernlund, was born in [[Hälsingland]], [[Sweden]]; she and her family migrated to the United States when she was an infant. After marrying in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]], Mathias and Crystal settled in [[Southern California]] in 1889, where Matthias found work with the [[Southern Pacific Railroad]]. Earl Warren was the second of two children, after his older sister, Ethel. Earl did not receive a middle name; his father later commented that "when you were born I was too poor to give you a middle name."{{Sfn|Cray|1997|pp=16–18}} In 1896, the family resettled in [[Bakersfield, California]], where Warren grew up.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=TIME |date=1953-10-12 |title=National Affairs: EARL WARREN, THE 14th CHIEF JUSTICE |url=https://time.com/archive/6797486/national-affairs-earl-warren-the-14th-chief-justice/ |access-date=2025-02-09 |magazine=TIME |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-09-25 |title=Earl Warren was the first to get a long SCOTUS confirmation |url=https://www.kget.com/news/politics/browns-40-day-supreme-court-confirmation-process-might-seem-lengthy-but-bakersfields-earl-warren-set-the-post-war-standard/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925170535/https://www.kget.com/news/politics/browns-40-day-supreme-court-confirmation-process-might-seem-lengthy-but-bakersfields-earl-warren-set-the-post-war-standard/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=2024-09-25 |access-date=2025-02-09 }}</ref> Though not an exceptional student, Warren graduated from Kern County High School in 1908.{{Sfn|Cray|1997|pp=19–21}}

Hoping to become a trial lawyer, Warren enrolled in the [[University of California, Berkeley]] after graduating from high school. He majored in [[political science]] and became a member of the [[Sigma Phi Society|Sigma Phi]] fraternity. Like many other students at Berkeley, Warren was influenced by the [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive movement]], and he was especially affected by Governor [[Hiram Johnson]] of California and Senator [[Robert M. La Follette]] of Wisconsin.{{Sfn|Cray|1997|pp=23–28, 31}} While at Berkeley, Warren was little more than an average student who earned decent but undistinguished grades and after his third year, he entered the school's Department of Jurisprudence (now [[UC Berkeley School of Law]]). He received a [[Bachelor of Laws]] degree in 1914. Like his classmates upon graduation, Warren was [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admitted to the California bar]] without examination. After graduation, he took a position with the [[Associated Oil Company]] in San Francisco.  Warren disliked working at the company and was disgusted by the corruption he saw in San Francisco, so he took a position with the [[Oakland]] law firm of Robinson and Robinson.{{Sfn|Cray|1997|pp=28–32}}

After the United States entered World War I in April 1917, Warren volunteered for an officer training camp, but was rejected due to hemorrhoids. Still hoping to become an officer, Warren underwent a procedure to remove the hemorrhoids, but by the time he fully recovered from the operation the officer training camp had closed. Warren enlisted in the [[United States Army]] as a private in August 1917, and was assigned to Company I of the [[91st Division (United States)|91st Division]]'s 363rd Infantry Regiment at [[Fort Lewis (Washington)|Camp Lewis, Washington]]. He was made acting [[first sergeant]] of the company before being sent to a three-month officer training course. After he returned to the company in May 1918 as a [[second lieutenant]], the regiment was sent to [[Camp Lee|Camp Lee, Virginia]], to train draftees. Warren spent the rest of the war there and was discharged less than a month after [[Armistice Day]], following a promotion to [[First Lieutenant#United States|first lieutenant]]. Warren remained in the [[United States Army Reserve]] until 1934, rising to the rank of [[Captain (United States O-3)|captain]].{{Sfn|Cray|1997|pp=32–33}}