George Shiras Jr. lived from January 26, 1832 to August 2, 1924 and was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1892 to 1903. At the time of his appointment he had 37 years of private legal practice but had never judged a case, and he is noted for his conservative voting with the majority in Pollock v. Farmers Loan and Trust Co. and in Plessy v. Ferguson.
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RoleSourced to the subject's own accountLawyer; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1892 to 1903 1 Nationality / JurisdictionSourced to the subject's own accountUnited States; United States federal constitutional and common law 1 BornSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own accountPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 1 DiedSourced to the subject's own account Death DateSourced to the subject's own account Place of DeathSourced to the subject's own accountPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States 1 Classification
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Was George Shiras Jr. the deciding vote in the 1895 income tax case?
He was widely blamed for the 1895 ruling against the income tax, but the blame was incorrect.
Shiras became notorious as the justice whose vote in 1895 torpedoed the new federal income tax, but he was incorrectly blamed for that decision. The decision ultimately led to the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment in 1913.
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George Shiras Jr. (January 26, 1832 – August 2, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1892 to 1903.
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George Shiras Jr. (January 26, 1832 - August 2, 1924) was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1892 to 1903.
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Shiras was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, January 26, 1832.
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He died on August 2, 1924, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as a result of a fall followed by pneumonia.
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