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.

Aliases (1)

Morrison R. Waite ×50

Statements (48)

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 NERFINISHED → 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, Ohio →
presidedOver	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 →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Reynolds v. United States ("Morrison R. Waite") →	chiefJusticeAtDecision
The Civil Rights Cases ("Morrison R. Waite") →	joinedByInMajority
Reynolds v. United States →	opinionAuthor