Melville Weston Fuller

Judge Melville Weston Fuller

Personal

Birthday:

2/11/1833

Birthplace:

Augusta, ME

Date of Death:

7/4/1910

Place of Death:

Sorrento, ME

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Augusta, Maine, 1855-1856
Editor, Augusta [Maine] Age, 1855-1856
President, Augusta [Maine] Common Council, 1856
City solicitor, Augusta, Maine, 1856
Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1856-1888
Delegate, Illinois constitutional convention, 1862
State representative, Illinois, 1863-1865

Education

Name of School:

Bowdoin College

Degree:

A.B.

Degree Year:

1853

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Name of School - Third:

Bowdoin College

Degree - Third:

A.M.

Degree Year - Third:

1856

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Grover Cleveland

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

07/20/1888

Termination Date:

7/4/1910

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, December 17, 1888-July 4, 1910
Seventh Circuit, December 19, 1892-April 1, 1894