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
Resources
Bibliographic references of Stanley Matthews
- Find out online books about Stanley Matthews in the American Law Books Portal.
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