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Stanley Matthews
Birth: July 21, 1824, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Education: Kenyon College, graduated with honors in 1840.
Official Positions: Assistant prosecuting attorney, Hamilton County, 1845; clerk, Ohio House of Representatives, 1848–1849; judge, Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas, 1851–1853; member, Ohio Senate, 1855–1858; U.S. attorney for southern Ohio, 1858–1861; judge, Superior Court of Cincinnati, 1863–1865; counsel, Hayes-Tilden electoral commission, 1877; U.S. senator, 1877–1879.
Supreme Court Service: Nominated associate justice by President Rutherford B. Hayes, January 26, 1881, to replace Noah Swayne, who had retired; no action by Senate; nominated by President James A. Garfield, March 18, 1881; confirmed by the Senate, May 12, 1881, by a 24–23 vote; took judicial oath May 17, 1881; served until March 22, 1889; replaced by David J. Brewer, nominated by President Benjamin Harrison.
Death: March 22, ...
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