Rufus Wheeler Peckham lived from November 8, 1838 to October 24, 1909 and was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee to have been approved by a Republican majority Senate. He was known for his strong use of substantive due process to invalidate regulations of business and property. His namesake father was also a lawyer and judge and a United States Representative, and his older brother, Wheeler Hazard Peckham, who lived from 1833 to 1905, was one of the lawyers who prosecuted William M. Tweed and was himself a failed nominee to the Supreme Court.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States 2 Nationality / Jurisdiction Place of DeathAltamont, New York, U.S. 2 Classification
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What judicial posts did Rufus Peckham hold before joining the United States Supreme Court?
He was a New York trial judge from 1883 and a judge of the New York Court of Appeals from 1886.
Before his Supreme Court appointment, Peckham served as Albany district attorney from 1869 to 1872 and then as counsel to the City of Albany. He was elected a trial judge on the New York Supreme Court in 1883 and, in 1886, an associate judge of the New York Court of Appeals, the highest court in New York. He joined the United States Supreme Court as an Associate Justice in 1896 and served until 1909.
Was Rufus Peckham's brother also nominated to the Supreme Court?
Yes, Wheeler Hazard Peckham was nominated in 1894 but not confirmed.
Yes. His older brother, Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833 to 1905), was nominated to the United States Supreme Court by President Grover Cleveland in 1894 but was not confirmed. Wheeler Peckham was also one of the lawyers who prosecuted William M. Tweed. Rufus Peckham was later confirmed to the Court in 1896.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (November 8, 1838 - October 24, 1909) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majority Senate.
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Albany, New York, U.S.
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Altamont, New York, U.S.
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Rufus Wheeler Peckham (November 8, 1838 - October 24, 1909) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majority Senate.
- In Legal System: Law of the United States, Rufus Wheeler Peckham (November 8, 1838, October 24, 1909) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate
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lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee
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