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Stanley Matthews

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Born:
July 21, 1824, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died:
March 22, 1889, Washington, D.C. (aged 64)
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Supreme Court of the United States (1881-1889), United States
supreme court (1881-1889), United States
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Stanley Matthews (born July 21, 1824, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.—died March 22, 1889, Washington, D.C.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1881–89). After studying law in Cincinnati, Matthews was admitted to the bar in 1842 and began to practice law in Columbia, Tennessee, while also editing a weekly paper, the Tennessee Democrat. After his return to Cincinnati in 1844 he continued to divide his time between journalism (as editor of the antislavery Cincinnati Morning Herald ) and the law and was soon appointed assistant prosecuting attorney. He served briefly as clerk of the Ohio House of Representatives ...(100 of 446 words)

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