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FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)

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FULLER, See also:MELVILLE See also:WESTON (1833-1910) , See also:American jurist, See also:chief See also:justice of the Supreme See also:Court of the See also:United States, was See also:born at See also:Augusta, See also:Maine, on the l i t h of See also:February 1833. After graduating at See also:Bowdoin See also:College in 1853 he spent a See also:year at the Harvard See also:Law School, and in 1855 began the practice of law at Augusta, where he was an See also:associate-editor of a Democratic See also:paper, The See also:Age, and served in the See also:city See also:council and as city See also:attorney. In 1856 he removed to See also:Chicago, See also:Illinois, where he continued to practise until 1888, rising to a high position at the See also:bar of the Northwest. For some years he was active in Democratic politics, being a member of the Illinois Constitutional See also:Convention in 1862 and of the See also:State See also:House of Representatives from 1863 to 1865. He was a delegate to various See also:National conventions of his party, and in that of 1876 placed See also:Thomas A. See also:Hendricks in nomination for the See also:presidency. In 1888, by See also:President See also:Cleveland's See also:appointment, he succeeded See also:Morrison R. See also:Waite as chief-justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. In 1899 he was appointed by President See also:McKinley a member of the See also:arbitration See also:commission at See also:Paris to 'See also:settle the See also:Venezuela-See also:British See also:Guiana boundary dispute.

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