Horace Gray

Judge Horace Gray

Personal

Birthday:

3/24/1828

Birthplace:

Boston, MA

Date of Death:

9/15/1902

Place of Death:

Nahant, MA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1851-1864
Reporter, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1854-1861
Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1864-1881; chief justice, 1873-1881

Education

Name of School:

Harvard College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1845

Name of School - Second:

Harvard Law School

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Degree - Second:

LL.B.

Degree Year - Second:

1849

Name of School - Third:

Read law

Degree Year - Third:

1851

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Chester A. Arthur

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

12/20/1881

Termination Date:

9/15/1902

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
First Circuit, January 30, 1882-September 15, 1902
Second Circuit, July 15, 1893-April 1, 1894