The History of the Supreme Court of the United States (Volume 2); With Biographies of All the Chief and Associate Justices (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902. Excerpt: ... Executive with his fairness, as to secure his promotion. In character, temperament, learning, industry and experience, he has proved himself to be a worthy member of his distinguished family. Through the death of Mr. Justice Miller, upon the 14th of October, 1890, a vacancy occurred which was filled by the appointment of Henry B. Brown, of Michigan, who was commissioned upon the 29th day of December, 1890. At the time of his appointment he was Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern district of Michigan, and his is the only instance in recent times of the promotion of a District Judge to the highest judicial position in the land. He was born in Lee, Massachusetts, upon the 2d of March, 1836. His father was a manufacturer, and his mother was a woman of exceptional strength of character. He was educated at Yale, from which he graduated in 1856, with Chauncey M. Depew and his present associate, Mr. Justice Brewer, as classmates, and with Mr. Justice Shiras as a fellow collegian. At the close of his college course he spent a year in Europe studying languages and traveling extensively on the Continent. Upon his return he pursued a course of study at the Law School at New Haven, but received his degree from the Harvard Law Department. In 1859 ne went to Detroit, and there entered the office of a prominent law firm, in which he continued until April, 1861, when he was appointed Deputy United States Marshal and Assistant District Attorney. He held the latter office until 1868, when Governor Crapo appointed him to fill a vacancy in the Wayne Circuit Court, the highest court in the City of Detroit, with law and chancery jurisdiction. Returning to the practice of his profession, he formed a partnership with the late J. S. Newberry and Ashley Pond. ...