Rufus W. Peckham

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Rufus W. Peckham was a U.S. Supreme Court Justice best known for authoring the opinion in Lochner v. New York and for his strong support of economic liberty and limited government regulation during the Lochner era.

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Rufus W. Peckham canonical 4
Rufus Wheeler Peckham Sr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
person
appointedBy Grover Cleveland
barAdmission New York
birthDate 1838-11-08
birthPlace Albany
surface form: Albany, New York
burialPlace Albany Rural Cemetery
confirmedBy United States Senate
confirmedOn 1895-12-09
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
deathDate 1909-10-24
deathPlace Altamont, New York
educatedAt Albany, New York (legal apprenticeship)
University of Pennsylvania Law School
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (legal studies)
education Albany Academy
endTime 1909-10-24
era Lochner v. New York
surface form: Lochner era
familyName Peckham
father Rufus W. Peckham self-linksurface differs
surface form: Rufus Wheeler Peckham Sr.
givenName Rufus
heritage American of English descent
interpretedConstitutionalProvision Due Process Clause
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment Due Process Clause
knownFor opinions during the Lochner era
opposition to extensive government regulation
support for economic liberty
legalPhilosophy freedom of contract
substantive due process
limitedGovernmentView narrow view of police power
memberOf Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)

Supreme Court of the United States
nominatedOn 1895-12-03
notableWork Adair v. United States
Allgeyer v. Louisiana
Coppage v. Kansas
Lochner v. New York
occupation judge
lawyer
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Judge of the New York Court of Appeals
New York Supreme Court
surface form: Justice of the New York Supreme Court
practicedLawIn Albany
surface form: Albany, New York
precededBy Howell Edmunds Jackson
relative Joseph Hodges Choate
surface form: Joseph Henry Choate
religion Episcopalian
spouse Harriet Maria "Hattie" Barnes
startTime 1896-01-06
succeededBy Horace Harmon Lurton
supportedDoctrine freedom of contract under the Fourteenth Amendment
tookOfficeOn 1896-01-06

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Lochner v. New York majorityOpinionBy Rufus W. Peckham
Horace Harmon Lurton precededBy Rufus W. Peckham
Rufus W. Peckham father Rufus W. Peckham self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Rufus Wheeler Peckham Sr.
Downes v. Bidwell dissentBy Rufus W. Peckham