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George Shiras Jr. (January 26, 1832 – August 2, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1892 to 1903. At that time of his appointment, he had 37 years of private legal practice but had never judged a case.
George Shiras Jr. (26 de Janeiro de 1832 - 2 de Agosto de 1924) foi um Associado de Justiça da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos que foi nomeado a Corte pelo Presidente Republicano Benjamin Harrison. Naquela época, tinha 37 anos de advocacia privada, mas nunca tinha julgado um caso.
George Shiras, Jr. (born January 26, 1832, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died August 2, 1924, Pittsburgh) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1892–1903). Shiras was admitted to the bar in 1855, and in 25 years of practice he built up a wide reputation in corporation law.
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Shiras practice law for thirty-seven years. In 1881, he refused an offer of election to the United States Senate from the Pennsylvania State Legislature. He served as a Presidential elector in 1888. President Benjamin Harrison nominated Shiras to the Supreme Court of the United States on July 19, 1892.
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. George Shiras engaged in the private practice of law for 40 years before his appointment to the High Court. He had no experience in public office and charted an independent course once he was appointed to the Supreme Court by President Benjamin Harrison.
Justice George Shiras, Jr. joined the U.S. Supreme Court on October 10, 1892, replacing Justice Joseph Bradley. Shiras was born on January 26, 1832 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He initially studied at Ohio University, but he eventually transferred to Yale, from which he graduated in 1853.
George Shiras Jr. served on the U.S. Supreme Court as an associate justice from 1892 to 1903. Plucked by political necessity at the age of sixty from his highly successful law practice, Shiras, who had never been a judge or politician, brought a lawyerly, pragmatic perspective to the Court.
