Stephen Johnson Field

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Stephen Johnson Field was an influential 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, shaping constitutional law during the post–Civil War and Gilded Age eras.

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Stephen Johnson Field canonical 4

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
judge
lawyer
politician
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
surface form: Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1816-11-04
dateOfDeath 1899-04-09
educatedAt Williams College
Yale Law School
endTime 1897-12-01
familyName Field
givenName Stephen
knownFor advocacy of economic substantive due process
influence during the Gilded Age
long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court
shaping constitutional law during the post–Civil War era
memberOf Supreme Court of California
Supreme Court of the United States
notableWork dissent in The Slaughter-House Cases
opinion in Ex parte Crow Dog
opinion in Munn v. Illinois (dissent)
opinion in Pennoyer v. Neff
opinion in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co.
opinions advancing substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment
occupation judge
jurist
lawyer
partyAffiliation Democratic Party
placeOfBirth Haddam, Connecticut
surface form: Haddam, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
previousWork Justice of the Supreme Court of California
member of the California State Assembly
practicing attorney in California
relative David Dudley Field I
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
sexOrGender male
sibling Cyrus West Field
David Dudley Field II
Henry Martyn Field
Matthew Dickinson Field
spouse Sue Virginia Swearingen
startTime 1863-05-20
workLocation California, United States
Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Field hasNotableBearer Stephen Johnson Field
United States v. Kagama hasJustice Stephen Johnson Field
Cyrus West Field sibling Stephen Johnson Field
David Dudley Field II sibling Stephen Johnson Field