Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite

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Chief Justice of the United States human

Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite was the seventh Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from 1874 to 1888 and presiding over key Reconstruction-era and civil rights cases.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
appointedBy Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
burialPlace Woodland Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1816-11-29 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1888-03-23 ⓘ
educatedAt Yale College ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
endTime 1888-03-23 ⓘ
familyName Waite ⓘ
father Henry Matson Waite ⓘ
fatherOccupation chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court ⓘ
givenName Morrison ⓘ
knownFor jurisprudence during Reconstruction and Gilded Age ⓘ
service as seventh Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
memberOf Skull and Bones ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
middleName Remick ⓘ
notableWork major opinion in Munn v. Illinois ⓘ
major opinions in the Civil Rights Cases (1883) ⓘ
opinions limiting federal enforcement of Reconstruction-era civil rights laws ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation attorney ⓘ
judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
politician ⓘ
orderInOffice 7th Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
placeOfBirth Lyme, Connecticut ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C. ⓘ
politicalParty Republican Party ⓘ
positionHeld Chief Justice of the United States ⓘ
delegate to the Geneva Arbitration (Alabama Claims) ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
practicedLawIn Toledo ⓘ
surface form: Toledo, Ohio
presidedOver The Civil Rights Cases (1883) ⓘ
surface form: Civil Rights Cases (1883)

Hall v. DeCuir ⓘ
Minor v. Happersett ⓘ
Munn v. Illinois ⓘ
Reese v. United States ⓘ
Stone v. Mississippi ⓘ
United States v. Cruikshank ⓘ
United States v. Kagama ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Amelia Champlin Waite ⓘ
startTime 1874-03-04 ⓘ

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Reynolds v. United States → opinionAuthor → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
Reynolds v. United States → chiefJusticeAtDecision → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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The Civil Rights Cases (1883) → joinedByInMajority → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
subject surface form: The Civil Rights Cases
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United States v. Cruikshank → hasChiefJustice → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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United States v. Cruikshank → hasMajorityAuthor → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Virginia Minor women’s suffrage case → opinionBy → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Remick → isMiddleNameOf → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Waite → hasNotableBearer → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Munn v. Illinois → majorityOpinionBy → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Munn v. Illinois → chiefJusticeAtDecision → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Munn v. Illinois → majorityOpinionJustices → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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United States v. Kagama → hasJustice → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Hall v. DeCuir → hasOpinionAuthor → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
Hall v. DeCuir → hasChiefJustice → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Minor v. Happersett → opinionBy → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Minor v. Happersett → chiefJusticeAtTime → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Woodland Cemetery, Toledo, Ohio → notableBurial → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Amelia Champlin Waite → spouse → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Henry Matson Waite → child → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Melville W. Fuller → precededBy → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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Melville Fuller → precededBy → Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite ⓘ
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