Today in Supreme Court History: October 17, 1862

10/17/1862: Justice David Davis takes oath.

Justice David Davis

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[Stephen Lathrop]

I looked at the photo above Josh Blackman's bold-faced tagline, and briefly mistook the tagline for a photo caption.

[Dan Schiavetta]

That is a strange beard. Looks like advanced mildew.

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[Dr. Ed 2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Davis_%28Supreme_Court_justice%29#/media/File:JudgeDDavis.jpg

He actually lived to age 71...

But how can you omit Ex parte Milligan, which I believe he wrote.

[Cal Cetín]

He was going to be one of the Supreme Court members on the Electoral Commission to decide the Hayes/Tilden dispute. Then the Illinois legislature made him a Senator, and he quit the Court for the Senate. Historians say that of all the commissioners, he might have supplied a swing vote for Tilden, overcoming his Republican background. But Davis' resignation paved the way for Bradley, also a Republican but more partisan, hence part of the Republican majority which gave the Presidency to Hayes.

The Senate elected him President Pro Tempore after Garfield's assassination, so he could take over the Presidency if Chester Arthur croaked.

(thanks, Wikipedia)

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