Melville Weston Fuller
Personal
Birthday:
2/11/1833
Birthplace:
Augusta, ME
Date of Death:
7/4/1910
Place of Death:
Sorrento, ME
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Augusta, Maine, 1855-1856
Editor, Augusta [Maine] Age, 1855-1856
President, Augusta [Maine] Common Council, 1856
City solicitor, Augusta, Maine, 1856
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1856-1888
Delegate, Illinois constitutional convention, 1862
State representative, Illinois, 1863-1865
Education
Name of School:
Bowdoin College
Degree:
A.B.
Degree Year:
1853
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Name of School - Third:
Bowdoin College
Degree - Third:
A.M.
Degree Year - Third:
1856 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Grover Cleveland
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
07/20/1888
Termination Date:
7/4/1910
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, December 17, 1888-July 4, 1910
Seventh Circuit, December 19, 1892-April 1, 1894