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Stanley Matthews
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| In office May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 |
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| Nominated by | James Garfield |
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| Preceded by | Noah Haynes Swayne |
| Succeeded by | David Josiah Brewer |
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| Born | July 21, 1824 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Died | March 22, 1889 (aged 64) Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Spouse(s) | Mary A. Matthews |
Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824 – March 22, 1889), generally known in adulthood as Stanley Matthews, was a Republican politician and jurist from Ohio. He served in the U.S. Senate and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Matthews was born in Cincinnati, Ohio and studied at Kenyon College. He practiced law in Cincinnati and in Maury County, Tennessee from 1840 to 1845. After editing the Cincinnati Herald from 1846-1848, Matthews served as the clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives and a county judge in Hamilton County, Ohio. He was then elected to the Ohio State Senate, where he served in 1856 and 1857. He was then appointed as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, serving from 1858 to 1861.
In 1861, Matthews resigned as U.S. Attorney to serve as a lieutenant colonel with the 23rd Ohio Infantry of the Union Army during the American Civil War.
Matthews ran for the United States House of Representatives in 1876, but was defeated. A year later, he won a special election to the Senate to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of John Sherman. He did not seek reelection.
Early in 1881, President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated Matthews for a position as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. Matthews was a controversial nominee, and as the nomination came near the end of Hayes's term, the Senate did not act on it. Upon succeeding Hayes, oncoming President James A. Garfield renominated Matthews, and the Senate confirmed him by a vote of 24 to 23, the narrowest confirmation for a successful U.S. Supreme Court nominee in history. He served on the Court until his death in 1889.[1]
His funeral was attended by many luminaries.[2]
His remains are interred at Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio[3] Also interred there is
A collection of Justice Matthews's correspondence and other papers are located at the Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Center library in Fremont, Ohio and open for research. Additional papers and collections are at: Cincinnati Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio; Library of Congress, Manuscript and Prints & Photographs Divisions, Washington, D.C.; Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio; .Pierpont Morgan Library, New York City, New York; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Archives Division, Madison, Wisconsin; .and Mississippi State Department of Archives and History, Jackson, Mississippi.[6]
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See also
References
- ^ Stanley Matthews biography at Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals.
- ^ Dead Jusice, Stanley Matthews Funeral in Washington, March 26, 1899 New York Times.
- ^ Stanley Matthews (lawyer) at Find a Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- ^ Christensen, George A. "Here Lies the Supreme Court: Gravesites of the Justices". Supreme Court Historical Society(1983) Yearbook].
- ^ Christensen, George A., "Here Lies the Supreme Court: Revisited", Journal of Supreme Court History, Volume 33 Issue 1, Pages 17 - 41 (19 Feb 2008), University of Alabama.
- ^ Location of papers, Sixth Circuit United States Court of Appeals.
Further reading
- Abraham, Henry J. (1992). Justices and Presidents: A Political History of Appointments to the Supreme Court (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-506557-3.
- Bibliography, biography and location of papers, Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
- Cushman, Clare (2001). The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789–1995 (2nd ed.). (Supreme Court Historical Society, Congressional Quarterly Books). ISBN 1568021267.
- Frank, John P. (1995). Friedman, Leon; Israel, Fred L.. eds. The Justices of the United States Supreme Court: Their Lives and Major Opinions. Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN 0791013774.
- Furer, Howard B., ed (1986). The Fuller Court, 1888-1910. (The Supreme Court in American Life Series.). New York: Associated Faculty Press, Inc.. ISBN 0867330600; ISBN 9780867330601.
- Hall, Kermit L., ed (1992). The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0195058356.
- Martin, Fenton S.; Goehlert, Robert U. (1990). The U.S. Supreme Court: A Bibliography. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly Books. ISBN 0871875543.
- Urofsky, Melvin I. (1994). The Supreme Court Justices: A Biographical Dictionary. New York: Garland Publishing. pp. 590. ISBN 0815311761.
External links
- Ariens, Michael, Stanley Matthews.
- Stanley Matthews (lawyer) at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- Stanley Matthews (lawyer) at Find a Grave Retrieved on 2008-02-14
- Stanley Matthews, Supreme Court Historical Society.
- Oyez Official Supreme Court media, Stanley Matthews.
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| Preceded by John Sherman |
United States Senator (Class 3) from Ohio 1877–1879 Served alongside: Allen G. Thurman |
Succeeded by George H. Pendleton |
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| Preceded by Noah Haynes Swayne |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889 |
Succeeded by David Josiah Brewer |
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