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Melville Weston Fuller (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the eighth chief justice of the United States from 1888 until his death in 1910.
Melville Weston Fuller was the eighth chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1888–1910), whose amiability, impartiality, and rare administrative skill enabled him to manage court conferences efficiently and to resolve or forestall serious disputes among the justices whom he.
Fuller served twenty-one years as Chief Justice and died on July 4, 1910, at the age of seventy-seven. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous chief justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Melville Weston Fuller.
21 de may. de 2018 · Melville Weston Fuller served as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1888 to 1910. Fuller's term as chief justice was marked by many decisions that protected big business from federal laws that sought to regulate interstate commerce.
26 de mar. de 2024 · Melville Weston Fuller (1833-1910), the eighth chief justice on the Supreme Court, was born in Maine, raised in the household of a maternal grandfather who served as Maine’s chief justice, graduated from Bowdoin College, briefly attended Harvard Law School, and qualified for the bar by reading law.
Melville Weston Fuller was the 8th Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, succeeding Morrison R. Waite. He was nominated on April 30, 1888 by President Grover Cleveland. The Senate confirmed Fuller on July 20, 1888, and he was sworn into office on October 10, 1888.
The Chief Justiceship of Melville W. Fuller, 1888-1910. The safeguarding of economic rights during Fuller's tenure. In this comprehensive interpretation of the Supreme Court during the pivotal tenure of Melville W. Fuller, James W. Ely Jr., provides a judicial biography of the man who led the Court from 1888 until 1910 as well as a ...
