Morrison Remick Waite
Personal
Birthday:
11/29/1816
Birthplace:
Lyme, CT
Date of Death:
3/23/1888
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Maumee City, Ohio, 1839-1850
State representative, Ohio, 1849-1850
Private practice, Toledo, Ohio, 1850-1874
Advisor, Gov. David Tod, Ohio, 1863
U.S. representative, Geneva Arbitration Tribunal, 1871
President, Ohio constitutional convention, 1873
Education
Name of School:
Yale College
Degree Year:
1837
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1839 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Ulysses Grant
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
01/21/1874
Termination Date:
03/23/1888
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, April 1, 1874-March 23, 1888