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Stanley Matthews
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Stanley Matthews served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by James A. Garfield and confirmed May 12, 1881 by a 24–23 Senate vote.
- Appointed by
- James A. Garfield
- Confirmed
- May 12, 1881
- Senate vote
- 24–23
- Born
- 1824
Appointments
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesJames A. Garfield · May 12, 1881 – Mar 22, 1889
Education
- Kenyon CollegeB.A., 1840
- Read law1842
Career
Private practice, Columbia, Tennessee, 1842-1844; Editor, Tennessee Democrat, 1842-1844; Private practice, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1844-1851, 1853-1858, 1865-1877; Clerk, Ohio General Assembly, 1848-1851; Judge, Hamilton County [Ohio] Court of Common Pleas, 1851-1853; State senator, Ohio, 1855-1857; U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Ohio, 1858-1861; Twenty-Third Ohio Infantry lieutenant colonel, 1861-1862; Fifty-First Ohio Volunteers colonel, 1862-1863; Judge, Superior Court of Cincinnati [Ohio], 1863-1865; Counsel for Rutherford B. Hayes before congressional electoral commission, 1876; U.S. senator from Ohio, 1877-1881
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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Capitol Receipts, “Judge Stanley Matthews, Supreme Court of the United States,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1384456/stanley-matthews (accessed 2026-10-13).