American lawyer and jurist, 8th Chief Justice of the United States (died 1910)

Melville Fuller

Melville Weston Fuller was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the eighth chief justice of the United States from 1888 until his death in 1910. Staunch conservatism marked his tenure on the Supreme Court, exhibited by his tendency to support unfettered free enterprise and to oppose broad federal power. He wrote major opinions on the federal income tax, the Commerce Clause, and citizenship law, and he took part in important decisions about racial segregation and the liberty of contract. Those rulings often faced criticism in the decades during and after Fuller's tenure, and many were later overruled or abrogated.

Born

1833

February 11

Died

1910

Era

1830s

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1833 Born
1910 Died

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The world in 1910

When Melville departed

april 12 SMS Zrínyi, one of the last pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Austro-Hungarian Navy, is launched.
april 16 The oldest indoor ice hockey arena used for the sport in the 21st century, Boston Arena, opens for the first time.
april 28 Frenchman Louis Paulhan wins the 1910 London to Manchester air race, the first long-distance aeroplane race in the United Kingdom.
april 29 The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

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Thomas Edison 1847–1931 American engineer and businessman, developed the light bulb and phonograph (died 1931) Ellen Broe 1900– Danish nurse, pioneer in nursing education (died 1994) Eva Gabor 1919–1995 Hungarian-American actress (died 1995) Gene Vincent 1935–1971 American singer and guitarist (died 1971) Henry Fox Talbot 1800–1877 English photographer and politician, invented the calotype (died 1877) Ivan Ančić 1624–1685 Croatian Franciscan and religious writer (died 1685) Jean Baptiste Charbonneau 1805– Native American-French Canadian explorer (died 1866) Josh Jacobs 1998– American football player Josiah Willard Gibbs 1839–1903 American scientist (born 1839)

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Alfred Nobel 1833–1896 Swedish chemist and engineer, invented Dynamite and founded the Nobel Prize (born 1833) Charles George Gordon 1833–1885 English general and politician (born 1833) Félicien Rops 1833– Belgian painter and illustrator (died 1898) Johannes Brahms 1833–1897 German pianist and composer (born 1833) Mary Tenney Gray 1833–1904 American editorial writer, club-woman, philanthropist, and suffragette (died 1904)

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