was in the same class at Stanford Law as Sandra Day O'Connor, with whom he would later serve on the Supreme Court. They briefly dated during law school, and Rehnquist proposed marriage to her. O'Connor declined as she was by then dating her future husband. Rehnquist married Nan Cornell in 1953.

Law clerk at the Supreme Court

After law school, Rehnquist served as a law clerk for U.S. Supreme Court justice Robert H. Jackson

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