Horace Gray

Horace Gray

Biography of Horace Gray

Biographic Details

  • Family Name (Surname): Gray
  • First Name: Horace
  • Date of Birth: March , 24 , 1828
  • Place of Birth (POB): Boston , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
  • Date of Death: September , 15 , 1902
  • Place of Death (POD): Nahant , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
  • Gender Identity: Male
  • Race or Ethnicity: White

Horace Gray Court Service Information

  • Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
  • Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
  • Appointment under the Presidency of: Chester A. Arthur ( Republican )
  • Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/19/1881
  • Seat vacated by: Clifford , Nathan
  • Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/19/1881
  • Committee action: Reported With Recommendation
  • Committee action date: 12/20/1881
  • Senate voice vote?: No
  • Senate vote Yes/No: 51/5
  • Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/20/1881
  • Commission Date: 12/20/1881
  • Date of Termination: 09/15/1902
  • Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Horace Gray in the Law School

  • Name of School: Harvard College
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
  • Law Degree Year: 1845

Second Law School Attendance

  • Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School
  • Degree: Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.)
  • Law Degree Year: 1849

Third Law School Attendance

  • Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
  • Law Degree Year: 1851

Horace Gray Career Path

Employment:

  • Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1851-1864
  • Reporter, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1854-1861
  • Justice, Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, 1864-1881; chief justice, 1873-1881

    Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

    Allotment as Circuit Justice:

  • First Circuit, January 30, 1882-September 15, 1902
  • Second Circuit, July 15, 1893-April 1, 1894

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