About
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1880 to 1887.
Before fame
He graduated from Yale University in 1845.
Trivia
He was a judge on what became the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit prior to becoming an associate justice.
Family life
He had a brother named Charles.
Associated with
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Rutherford B. Hayes.
