OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Thomas Stanley Matthews

BORN:
July 21, 1824;
Cincinnati, Ohio

DIED:
March 22, 1889;
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Kenyon College (BA, 1840),
Studied Law

POLITICAL PARTY:
Republican

HIGHLIGHTS:
1842:
Admitted to Bar;
Began Practicing Law in Maury County, TN
1844:
Returned to Cincinnati, OH
1845:
Appointed Assistant Prosecuting Attorney of Hamilton County, OH
1846-1849:
Editor of the Cincinnati Herald
1848-1850
Clerk, Ohio State House of Representatives
1850-1852
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Hamilton County
1856-1857
Member, Ohio State Senate
1858-1861
U.S. District Attorney for Southern Ohio
1861-1863
Lieutenant Colonel/ Colonel, Ohio Volunteers
1863:
Resumed Practicing Law in Cincinnati
1863-1864:
Judge, Cincinnati Superior Court
1864:
Republican Presidential Elector
1868:
Republican Presidential Elector
1876:
Unsuccessful Candidate for Election to the 45th Congress
1877:
Counsel to the Electoral Commission for the 1876 Presidential Election
1877-1879
U.S. Senator (R-OH)
1881:
Nominated for U.S. Supreme Court by Rutherford B. Hayes and not confirmed
5/12/1881:
Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice after being renominated by James Garfield
1881-1889:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Ohio History Central
Oyez
Washington Post
Wikipedia

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