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Rufus W. Peckham (November 8, 1838 – October 24, 1909) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majority Senate.
Peckham served on the Supreme Court for thirteen years and died on October 24, 1909, at the age of seventy. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Rufus W. Peckham.
Rufus Wheeler Peckham was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909. Peckham was educated in Albany and Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar in 1859, after which he practiced law in Albany.
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At the time of his tragic death, Rufus W. Peckham, Sr., was only three years into his term as an Associate Judge of the Court of Appeals, but his political and legal career was already well-established.
2 de abr. de 2016 · Justice Rufus W. Peckham was the last Supreme Court justice nominated by a Democratic president and approved by a Senate under Republican control, a step taken in 1895.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. President Grover Cleveland made Rufus W. Peckham his fourth, and last, appointment to the Supreme Court in 1896. Peckham had served for eight years on the highest court for the state of New York (the New York Court of Appeals).
11 de abr. de 2012 · It is striking that Rufus W. Peckham has received so little scholarly attention and remains without a biography. He was, of course, the author of Lochner v. New York (1905), 1 one of the most famous and contested decisions in the history of the Supreme Court.
