Morrison Waite

Morrison Waite (1816-1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure, the Waite Court took a narrow interpretation of federal authority under the Reconstruction-era laws and amendments enacted to protect freedmen. An opponent of slavery, he had served as counsel in the Alabama Claims and was nominated by President Ulysses S. Grant and unanimously confirmed by the Senate in 1874.

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