| Birth: | Feb. 11, 1833 | | Death: | Jul. 4, 1910 | 
Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. After graduating from Bowdoin College and Harvard Law School, he returned to his hometown of Augusta, Maine in 1855 to practice law. The next year he moved to Chicago, Illinois to establish a law practice in the fast growing frontier city. He became active in Illinois politics serving one term in the Illinois House of Representatives and attending several Democratic conventions as a delegate. A successful lawyer he turned down offers to serve as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission and Solicitor General of the United States. In 1888 however, the successful lawyer accepted President Grover Cleveland's nomination to serve as Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court. He served in that position until his death in 1910. (bio by: Bigwoo)
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Parents:
Henry Weld Fuller (1810 - 1889)
Mary Storer Goddard Fuller (1807 - 1881)
Search Amazon for Melville Fuller | | | Burial:
Graceland Cemetery
Chicago
Cook County
Illinois, USA |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Jun 02, 1999
Find A Grave Memorial# 5580 |
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I still like your dissent in one of the anti-trust cases under Theodore Roosevelt, when you suggested that if sending items in the mail was part of interstate commerce, then if you got a dinner invitation it was a business offer! Thank you for your servi...(Read more)
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Happy 180th birthday!
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Talbot Fisher
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