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Stanley Matthews

Republican · Senate · Ohio · 1877–1879

Stanley Matthews was a Republican U.S. senator from Ohio, serving 1877–1879. Cast 465 votes and missed 18.4%.

Years in Congress
1
Votes missed
18.4%
Born
1824
Died
1889

Biography

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. A Republican politician and progressive justice, he was the author of the landmark rulings Yick Wo v. Hopkins and Ex parte Crow Dog.

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Terms in office

  • Senate, Ohio1877–1879 · Republican

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Capitol Receipts, “Stanley Matthews (R-OH), Senate 1877–1879,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/past-member/M000255/stanley-matthews (accessed 2026-10-14).