Lemuel Shaw

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Lemuel Shaw was a prominent 19th-century American jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court and was the father-in-law of novelist Herman Melville.

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Lemuel Shaw canonical 3
Lemuel Shaw Jr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf chief justice
jurist
person
appointedBy Levi Lincoln Jr. NERFINISHED
child Elizabeth Shaw Melville NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1781-01-09
dateOfDeath 1861-03-30
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard University
employer Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court NERFINISHED
endTime 1860
familyName Shaw NERFINISHED
fatherInLawOf Herman Melville NERFINISHED
givenName Lemuel NERFINISHED
heritage American of English descent
languageSpoken English
memberOf American Academy of Arts and Sciences
notableFor decisions on slavery and fugitive slave law
early decisions on racial segregation in public schools
influential 19th-century American common law opinions
shaping American labor law
notableWork opinions in Brown v. Kendall
opinions in Commonwealth v. Aves
opinions in Commonwealth v. Hunt
opinions in Farwell v. Boston & Worcester Railroad Corp.
opinions in Roberts v. City of Boston
opinions in Sims’ Case
opinions in Wellington, petitioner
occupation judge
jurist
politician
placeOfBirth Barnstable, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Boston, Massachusetts NERFINISHED
politicalAffiliation Federalist Party NERFINISHED
Whig Party NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court NERFINISHED
member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
member of the Massachusetts Senate
relative Herman Melville NERFINISHED
residence Boston, Massachusetts
sexOrGender male
spouse Elizabeth Knapp NERFINISHED
Hope Savage NERFINISHED
Sarah Russell NERFINISHED
startTime 1830
timeInRole Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
workLocation Boston, Massachusetts

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Elizabeth Shaw Melville father Lemuel Shaw
Elizabeth Shaw Melville sibling Lemuel Shaw
this entity surface form: Lemuel Shaw Jr.
Shaw hasNotableBearer Lemuel Shaw