Morrison Remick Waite

Judge Morrison Remick Waite

Personal

Birthday:

11/29/1816

Birthplace:

Lyme, CT

Date of Death:

3/23/1888

Place of Death:

Washington, DC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Maumee City, Ohio, 1839-1850
State representative, Ohio, 1849-1850
Private practice, Toledo, Ohio, 1850-1874
Advisor, Gov. David Tod, Ohio, 1863
U.S. representative, Geneva Arbitration Tribunal, 1871
President, Ohio constitutional convention, 1873

Education

Name of School:

Yale College

Degree Year:

1837

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1839

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

Ulysses Grant

Party Affiliation of President:

Republican

Commission Date:

01/21/1874

Termination Date:

03/23/1888

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Fourth Circuit, April 1, 1874-March 23, 1888