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Senator Waite (other)
Senator Waite may refer to: * Henry Matson Waite (judge) (1787–1869), Connecticut State Senate * Morrison Waite Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure ... (1816–1888), Ohio State Senate See also * John T. Wait (1811–1899), Connecticut State Senate {{disambiguation, tndis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Matson Waite (judge)
Henry Matson Waite (born Lyme, Connecticut, Lyme, Connecticut, February 9, 1787; died in Lyme December 14, 1869) was a lawyer, judge, and chief justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court. Biography From an old New England family, Waite was the son of Susanna (Matson) and Remick Waite. He was educated at Bacon Academy in Colchester, Connecticut, Colchester and at Yale University, Yale College, graduating from there in 1809. After several years of teaching school and studying law, he was admitted to the bar in 1812. Waite represented Lyme in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1815 and 1826 and was elected to the Connecticut State Senate in 1830 and 1831. He was a member of the Federalist Party for as long as that party existed, and maintained similar political views for the rest of his life. In 1834, Waite became an associate justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court (then called the "Supreme Court of Errors") and was chosen as chief justice in 1854. He retired on February 9, 1857 at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrison Waite
Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure, the Waite Court took a narrow interpretation of federal authority related to laws and amendments that were enacted during the Reconstruction Era to expand the rights of Freedman, freedmen and protect them from attacks by white supremacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Waite established a legal practice in Toledo, Ohio, after graduating from Yale University. As a member of the Whig Party (United States), Whig Party, Waite won election to the Ohio House of Representatives. An opponent of slavery in the United States, slavery, he helped establish the Ohio Republican Party. He served as a counsel in the Alabama Claims and presided over the Constitution of Ohio#1873 constitutional convention, 1873 Ohio constitution ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
