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Morrison Remick " Mott " Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888.
15 de abr. de 2024 · Morrison Remick Waite was the seventh chief justice of the United States (1874–88), who frequently spoke for the Supreme Court in interpreting the post-Civil War constitutional amendments and in redefining governmental jurisdiction over commerce in view of the great expansion of American business.
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Read about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice Morrison R. Waite got to the Court, including his education, career, and confirmation process.
Waite ran twice unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate and spent one term in the state legislature. Waite later declined a seat on the Ohio Supreme Court. He gained a measure of national attention when he represented the U.S. delegation to an international arbitration aimed at settling a dispute between the United States and Great Britain concerning the outfitting of Confederate vessels in British ...
25 de mar. de 2024 · Morrison Waite, the seventh chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, participated in several cases in the late 19th century interpreting the First Amendment, including a landmark case in which Waite authored the opinion upholding a law prohibiting polygamy against a free exercise of religion challenge.
Morrison R. Waite was the 7th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Salmon Portland Chase. He was nominated on January 19, 1874 by President Ulysses S. Grant. Waite was the third nominee for the seat, following two nominees whom Grant had withdrawn when the Senate signaled its opposition.
27 de jun. de 2018 · Morrison Remick Waite (1816-1888), seventh chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, was a skillful administrator of the nation's highest bench. Born in Lyme, Conn., on Nov. 29, 1816, Morrison R. Waite graduated from Yale in 1837, read law, and began to practice in Maumee, Ohio, moving later to Toledo.
