George Shiras Jr.

Supreme Court Justice

Birthday January 26, 1832

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace Pennsylvania

DEATH DATE Aug 2, 1924 (92)

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About

Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1892 to 1903.

Before Fame

He graduated from Yale College in 1853.

Trivia

He voted with the majority in Plessy v. Ferguson, which ruled racial segregation was constitutional under the "separate but equal" doctrine.

Family Life

He had a son named George Shiras III.

Associated With

He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Benjamin Harrison.