Stanley Matthews

Stanley Matthews

Biography of Stanley Matthews

Biographic Details

  • Family Name (Surname): Matthews
  • First Name: Stanley
  • Date of Birth: July , 21 , 1824
  • Place of Birth (POB): Cincinnati , Ohio (US-OH, OH, 39, Ohio, Ohio O., Oh.)
  • Date of Death: March , 22 , 1889
  • Place of Death (POD): Washington , District of Columbia (US-DC, DC, 11, D.C., Wash. D.C.)
  • Gender Identity: Male
  • Race or Ethnicity: White

Stanley Matthews Court Service Information

  • Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
  • Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
  • Appointment under the Presidency of: James A. Garfield ( Republican )
  • Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 03/14/1881
  • Seat vacated by: Swayne , Noah H.
  • Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 03/18/1881
  • Committee action: Reported Unfavorably
  • Committee action date: 05/09/1881
  • Senate voice vote?: No
  • Senate vote Yes/No: 24/23
  • Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 05/12/1881
  • Commission Date: 05/12/1881
  • Date of Termination: 03/22/1889
  • Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Stanley Matthews in the Law School

  • Name of School: Kenyon College
  • Degree: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.)
  • Law Degree Year: 1840

Second Law School Attendance

  • Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
  • Law Degree Year: 1842

Stanley Matthews Career Path

Employment:

  • Private practice, Columbia, Tennessee, 1842-1844
  • Editor, Tennessee Democrat, 1842-1844
  • Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1844-1851, 1853-1858, 1865-1877
  • Clerk, Ohio General Assembly, 1848-1851
  • Judge, Hamilton County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1851-1853
  • State senator, Ohio, 1855-1857
  • U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-1861
  • Twenty-Third Ohio Infantry lieutenant colonel, 1861-1862
  • Fifty-First Ohio Volunteers colonel, 1862-1863
  • Judge, Superior Court of Cincinnati [Ohio], 1863-1865
  • Counsel for Rutherford B. Hayes before congressional electoral commission, 1876
  • U.S. senator from Ohio, 1877-1881
  • Nominated to Supreme Court of the United States, January 26, 1881; no Senate vote

    Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

    Allotment as Circuit Justice:

  • Sixth Circuit, May 17, 1881-March 22, 1889

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