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Stephen Johnson Field
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1863
Stephen Johnson Field , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, and prior to that, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California. He had the third-longest tenure of any justice and is the only justice who served contemporaneously with one of their relatives, his nephew, David J. Brewer.
Positions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1863-03-10–1897-12-01
Education
- Williams CollegeB.A., 1837
- Read law1841
Career
Private practice, New York City, 1841-1848; Private practice, San Francisco, California, 1850; Private practice, Marysville, California, 1850-1857; Alcalde, Marysville, California, 1850; State assemblyman, California, 1850-1851; Justice, Supreme Court of California, 1857-1863; chief justice, 1859-1863
Biography
Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, and prior to that, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California. He had the third-longest tenure of any justice and is the only justice who served contemporaneously with one of their relatives, his nephew, David J. Brewer.
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