Samuel F. Miller

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Samuel F. Miller was a 19th-century Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court known for his influential opinions during the Reconstruction era and on the scope of federal power.

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Samuel F. Miller canonical 4

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln
birthName Samuel Freeman Miller
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1816-04-05
dateOfDeath 1890-10-13
educatedAt Transylvania University
Transylvania University Medical School
endTime 1890-10-13
era Reconstruction era
familyName Miller
fieldOfWork constitutional law
federal jurisdiction
givenName Samuel
knownFor influential opinions during the Reconstruction era
jurisprudence on the scope of federal power
languageSpoken English
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States
middleName Freeman
notableCase Ex parte Yarbrough
The Civil Rights Cases
The Slaughter-House Cases
notableWork majority opinion in The Slaughter-House Cases
opinions interpreting the Fourteenth Amendment
occupation judge
lawyer
physician
placeOfBirth Richmond, Kentucky
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C.
politicalAlignment Republican Party
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
practicedIn Barbourville, Kentucky
Keokuk, Iowa
precededBy Peter V. Daniel
religion Baptist
residence Keokuk, Iowa
Washington, D.C.
sexOrGender male
startTime 1862-07-21
stateOfBarAdmission Iowa
Kentucky
succeededBy George Shiras Jr.

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The Civil Rights Cases joinedByInMajority Samuel F. Miller
subject linked to: The Civil Rights Cases (1883)
Chase Court member Samuel F. Miller
Munn v. Illinois majorityOpinionJustices Samuel F. Miller
Knox v. Lee joinedByMajorityJustice Samuel F. Miller