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    Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh...
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    Justice Morrison Waite in Reynolds regarding the views on establishment by the Founding Fathers. Bancroft advised Waite to consult Jefferson and Waite then...
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    The Waite Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1874 to 1888, when Morrison Waite served as the seventh Chief Justice of the United...
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    Morrison Waite, Chief Justice 2486 words Full text  24th March 4, 1881 (Friday) Inauguration of James A. Garfield East Portico, U.S. Capitol Morrison...
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  • of Chief Justice Morrison Waite from March 4, 1874, through March 23, 1888. Wikisource has original text related to this article: Waite Court portal "History...
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  • Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Waite Court)
    written by the Reporter of Decisions and approved by Chief Justice Morrison Waite stated that the Supreme Court justices unanimously believed that the...
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  • Memorial record of the nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln. W. H. & O. H. Morrison. Retrieved 2010-08-07. Chittenden, Lucius Eugene (1904). Recollections...
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  • Senator Waite may refer to: Henry Matson Waite (judge) (1787–1869), Connecticut State Senate Morrison Waite (1816–1888), Ohio State Senate John T. Wait...
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  • United States v. Cruikshank (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Waite Court)
    Justice Morrison Waite reversed the convictions of the defendants, judging that the plaintiffs had to rely on Louisiana state courts for protection. Waite ruled...
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    Railroad (1886), the court reporter included a statement by Chief Justice Morrison Waite in the decision's headnote: The court does not wish to hear argument...
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    President Grover Cleveland before accepting the nomination to succeed Morrison Waite as chief justice. Despite some objections to his political past, Fuller...
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  • Justice Waite may refer to: Morrison Waite, chief justice of the United States Supreme Court Aaron E. Waite, chief justice of the Oregon Supreme Court...
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    would be regulated by the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967. Chief Justice Morrison Waite administered the presidential oath of office, and Cleveland held a Bible...
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    second inauguration in Washington, D.C., with the oath administered by Morrison Waite, the Chief Justice of the United States. Arthur became president following...
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  • (born 1995), English cricketer Mitchell Waite (born 1946), author of books on electronics and computing Morrison Waite (1816–1888), American attorney, jurist...
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  • Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Co. v. Illinois (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Waite Court)
    Stanley Matthews, and Samuel Blatchford. Dissenting were Chief Justice Morrison Waite and associate justices Joseph Bradley and Horace Gray. The case was...
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    into this term, and Arthur ascended to the presidency. Chief Justice Morrison Waite administered the presidential oath of office. Garfield left his home...
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  • Wait (name) (section Waite)
    been spelled Wayte, Wavt, Wayght, Waight, Wait, Waitt, Waite, Wate, Weight, Waiet, etc. Waite (name) Waitt Weight (disambiguation) Webster's Revised Unabridged...
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    Lincoln 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury (1861–1864) 7 Morrison Waite (1816–1888) January 21, 1874 (63–0) March 4, 1874 – March 23, 1888 (Died)...
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  • Vanessa L. Williams, Shawn Colvin and John Waite. Hage. The Words and Music of Van Morrison. p. 109 Van Morrison chart history at Billboard.com "Someone...
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    (Acclamation) January 9, 1873 – January 27, 1882 (Retired) 9 years, 18 days 43 Morrison Waite (1816–1888) OH Chief Justice S. P. Chase January 21, 1874 (63–0) March...
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    Nominated by Abraham Lincoln Preceded by Roger B. Taney Succeeded by Morrison Waite 25th United States Secretary of the Treasury In office March 7, 1861 –...
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    nomination was confirmed by the narrow margin of 32 to 28. Chief Justice Morrison Waite died a few months later, and Cleveland nominated Melville Fuller to...
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    (Lebanon) Lyman Trumbull (Colchester) Donald Verrilli Jr. (Wilton) Morrison Waite (Lyme) Mark Warner (Vernon) Gideon Welles (Glastonbury) William Williams...
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    Court of the United States (Chief Justice) Clerks for chief justices: Morrison Waite • Melville Fuller • Edward D. White  • William H. Taft • Charles E. Hughes •...
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    born in Toledo, Ohio on May 15, 1869 to Henry Seldon Waite. Waite was the grandson of Morrison Waite, the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court...
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    Williams College Stephen Johnson Field Yale University William Strong Morrison Waite -- Chief Justice William Burnham Woods Some justices received no education...
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  • Minor v. Happersett (category United States Supreme Court cases of the Waite Court)
    under the Fourteenth Amendment. The opinion (written by Chief Justice Morrison Waite) first asked whether Minor was a citizen of the United States, and answered...
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    policy, literature, and politics. In 2021, it hosted a lecture named for Morrison Waite, the seventh chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, who helped strike...
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    David Davis 5,198 14 years, 84 days December 10, 1862 March 4, 1877 70 Morrison Waite   (CJ) 5,133 14 years, 19 days March 4, 1874 March 23, 1888 71 Rufus...
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