Douglas congratulated by SEC on nomination to Supreme Court bench. Washington, D.C., March 20. Fellow members of the Securities and Exchange Commission were the first to congratulate William O. Douglas, 40-year-old Chairman of the SEC., on his nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Roosevelt today. He Succeeds Justice Brandeis, resigned. 3-20-39 Left to right - Robert E. Healy - Jerome Frank - Edward C. Eicher, and George C. Mathews.