Melville Fuller

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Melville Fuller was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1888 to 1910 and presiding over several landmark decisions during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

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instanceOf Chief Justice of the United States
human
appointedBy Grover Cleveland
burialPlace Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States
surface form: Oak Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
confirmedAsChiefJusticeOn 1888-07-20
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1833-02-11
dateOfDeath 1910-07-04
educatedAt Bowdoin College
Harvard Law School
endTime 1910
era Gilded Age
Progressive Era
familyName Fuller
fieldOfWork constitutional law
jurisprudence
givenName Melville
knownFor narrow interpretation of federal regulatory power
support for states' rights doctrines
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
nativeLanguage English
nominatedAsChiefJusticeOn 1888-04-30
notableWork leadership of the Fuller Court
numberOfChildren 9
occupation judge
lawyer
partOf Fuller Court
placeOfBirth Augusta, Maine
surface form: Augusta, Maine, United States
placeOfDeath Sorrento, Maine, United States
positionHeld Chief Justice of the United States
City solicitor of Chicago
Member of the Illinois House of Representatives
practicedLawIn Chicago, Illinois, United States
precededBy Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite
surface form: Morrison Waite
presidedOver Lochner-era jurisprudence
Plessy v. Ferguson (1896)
surface form: Plessy v. Ferguson

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co.
United States v. E. C. Knight Co.
religion Episcopalianism
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
servedAs delegate to the 1862 Illinois constitutional convention
presidential elector in 1876
sexOrGender male
spouse Harriet W. Taylor
Mary Ellen Coolbaugh NERFINISHED
startTime 1888
succeededBy Edward Douglass White
workLocation Washington, D.C.
surface form: Washington, D.C., United States

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Edward Douglass White precededBy Melville Fuller
Edward D. White precededBy Melville Fuller