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- NAME: Melville Fuller
- OCCUPATION: Lawyer, Supreme Court Justice
- BIRTH DATE: February 11, 1833
- DEATH DATE: July 04, 1910
- EDUCATION: Bowdoin College, Harvard Law School
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Augusta, Maine
- PLACE OF DEATH: Sorrento, Maine
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Melville Fuller was Chief justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1888-1910.
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Melville Fuller was born on February 11th, 1833 in Augusta, Maine. He graduated from Bowdoin College and attended Harvard Law School. He was elected as a Democrat to the Illinois Constitutional Convention of 1861 and to the State House of Representatives in 1862. President Grover Cleveland appointed him Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in 1888. He served until 1910, the year of his death.© 2013 A+E Networks. All rights reserved.
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