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Today in Supreme Court History: October 8, 1888
10/8/1888: Chief Justice Melville Fuller takes the judicial oath.

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More recently: Fuller statue in Maine courthouse laws sold back to donor for a buck because it looks too much like Mark Twain...just kidding, because it's racist.
https://wgme.com/news/local/maine-county-returns-controversial-statue-of-supreme-court-chief-justice
The only Chief Justice it would be fun to hang out with (going by this portrait).
John Marshall was, by all accounts, a pretty cool guy. Except according to Jefferson, I guess. Although that might tell us more about Jefferson than Marshall.