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David Josiah Brewer

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1884–1889

David Josiah Brewer , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. The Senate voted 13–52 on the nomination on Dec 17, 1889 (). David Josiah Brewer (June 20, 1837 – March 28, 1910) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1910.

Senate votes
4

Positions

  • Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1889-12-18–1910-03-28

Senate confirmation votes

  • Associate justice of the u
    51st Congress ·
    13–52 · Dec 17, 1889
  • Associate justice of the supreme court
    51st Congress ·
    15–54 · Dec 18, 1889
  • Associate justice of the supreme court
    51st Congress ·
    25–45 · Dec 18, 1889
  • Associate justice of th supreme court
    51st Congress ·
    53–11 · Dec 18, 1889

Education

  • Albany Law School
  • Yale CollegeA.B., 1856
  • Read law1857

Career

Private practice, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1858-1861; Commissioner, U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kansas, 1861-1862; Judge, Leavenworth County [Kansas] Probate and Criminal Courts, 1862-1865; Judge, Kansas District Court, First Judicial District, 1865-1869; City attorney, Leavenworth, Kansas, 1869-1870; Justice, Kansas Supreme Court, 1870-1884

Biography

David Josiah Brewer (June 20, 1837 – March 28, 1910) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1910.

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