Melville Weston Fuller

Biography of Melville Weston Fuller

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Fuller
• First Name: Melville
• Middle Name: Weston
• Date of Birth: February , 11 , 1833
• Place of Birth (POB): Augusta , Maine (US-ME, ME, 23, Maine, Me.)
• Date of Death: July , 4 , 1910
• Place of Death (POD): Sorrento , Maine (US-ME, ME, 23, Maine, Me.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Melville Weston Fuller Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Grover Cleveland ( Democratic )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 04/30/1888
• Seat vacated by: Waite , Morrison
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 05/02/1888
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 07/02/1888
• Senate voice vote?: No
• Senate vote Yes/No: 41/20
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 07/20/1888
• Commission Date: 07/20/1888
• Date of Termination: 07/04/1910
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Melville Weston Fuller in the Law School

• Name of School: Bowdoin College
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1853

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law

Third Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Bowdoin College
• Degree: Master of Arts (A.M.)
• Law Degree Year: 1856

Melville Weston Fuller Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Augusta, Maine, 1855-1856
• Editor, Augusta [Maine] Age, 1855-1856
• President, Augusta [Maine] Common Council, 1856
• City solicitor, Augusta, Maine, 1856
• Private practice, Chicago, Illinois, 1856-1888
• Delegate, Illinois constitutional convention, 1862
• State representative, Illinois, 1863-1865
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Fourth Circuit, December 17, 1888-July 4, 1910
• Seventh Circuit, December 19, 1892-April 1, 1894

Resources

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