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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 was the Supreme Court of the United States from 1874 to 1888, when Morrison Waite served as the seventh Chief Justice of the United States...
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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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    President Grover Cleveland before accepting the nomination to succeed Morrison Waite as chief justice. Despite some voicing objections over his political...
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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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  • 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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    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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    Morrison Waite, Chief Justice 2486 words Full text 24th March 4, 1881 (Friday) Inauguration of James A. Garfield East Portico, U.S. Capitol Morrison Waite...
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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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  • Justice Waite may refer to: Morrison Waite (1816–1888), chief justice of the United States Supreme Court Aaron E. Waite (1813–1898), chief justice of...
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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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    current Chief Justice of the United States is John Roberts. Justices Morrison Waite Melville Fuller Edward Douglass White William Howard Taft Charles Evans...
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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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  • Davis, noted in the headnote to the opinion that the Chief Justice, Morrison Waite, began oral argument by stating, "The court does not wish to hear argument...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    (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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    Lincoln, Chase served as Chief Justice until his death, at which point Morrison Waite was nominated and confirmed as his successor. The Chase Court presided...
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    nomination was confirmed by the narrow margin of 32 to 28. Chief Justice Morrison Waite died in March 1888, and Cleveland nominated Melville Fuller to fill...
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           8th assoc. justice •        9th assoc. justice The Waite Court era, under the leadership of Morrison Waite, lasted from March 4, 1874 to March 23, 1888; 15...
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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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    doomed his nomination. Morrison Waite, nominated January 19, 1874, confirmed by the Senate (vote: 63–0) on January 21, 1874. Waite was an uncontroversial...
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    law in Lyme with his uncle, the Hon. Henry M. Waite, and for one year with his cousin, Morrison Waite (future Chief Justice of the United States). He...
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