Thomas Stanley Matthews, known in adulthood as Stanley Matthews, was born on July 21, 1824, and died on March 22, 1889, and served as an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court from May 1881 until his death. An Ohio attorney, soldier and United States senator before his appointment, he was a Republican and a progressive justice on the Court, best remembered as the author of two landmark rulings, Yick Wo v. Hopkins, which held that a law administered in a discriminatory manner violates the Equal Protection Clause even if neutral on its face, and Ex parte Crow Dog, which addressed the extent of federal jurisdiction over crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the United States Supreme Court (1881-1889) 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of Death Classification
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What two landmark rulings is Stanley Matthews best remembered for?
Yick Wo v. Hopkins and Ex parte Crow Dog.
Matthews authored Yick Wo v. Hopkins, which held that a law administered in a discriminatory manner violates the Equal Protection Clause even if neutral on its face, and Ex parte Crow Dog, which addressed the extent of federal jurisdiction over crimes committed by Native Americans on tribal land.
What was Matthews' career before the Supreme Court?
Ohio attorney, soldier and senator, then justice from 1881 to 1889.
He was an Ohio attorney, soldier and United States senator, and a Republican. He served as an associate justice from May 1881 until his death on March 22, 1889.
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Matthews was born July 21, 1824, in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was the oldest of 11 children born to Thomas J. Matthews and Isabella Brown Matthews (his second wife).
Death and legacy section
Matthews's health declined precipitously during 1888; he died in Washington, D.C., on March 22, 1889.
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Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824 - March 22, 1889), known as Stanley Matthews in adulthood, was an American attorney, soldier, judge and senator from Ohio who became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from May 1881 to his death in 1889.
- author of the landmark ruling Yick Wo v. Hopkins
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Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824, March 22, 1889), known as Stanley Matthews in adulthood, was an American attorney, soldier, judge and senator from Ohio who became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from May 1881 to his death in 1889.
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