Stanley Matthews (lawyer)

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Thomas Stanley Matthews in a photo by Mathew B. Brady

Thomas Stanley Matthews (born July 21, 1824 in Cincinnati , Ohio , †  March 22, 1889 in Washington, DC ), usually just called Stanley Matthews , was an American lawyer and politician of the Republican Party . From 1877 to 1879 he sat for the state of Ohio in the US Senate .

biography

Matthews was born in Cincinnati and studied law at Kenyon College . After graduating from college, he opened a law firm in Cincinnati. From 1840 to 1845 he was a lawyer in Maury County , Tennessee . From 1846 to 1848 he was an editor at the Cincinnati Herald . Before he was elected to the Ohio Senate in 1856 , he was a judge in Hamilton County . In the Senate he sat until 1857. He was appointed United States Attorney for the southern District of Ohio in 1858 . He held this office until 1861. He was involved in the Civil War , most recently in the rank of Lieutenant Colonel .

In 1876 he ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the US House of Representatives . A year later he succeeded in entering the Senate. In a special election he was chosen to succeed John Sherman . Matthew's term ended after failing to run for re-election in 1879; he was succeeded by George H. Pendleton . In January 1881, US President Rutherford B. Hayes nominated him as a judge on the Supreme Court of the United States . Since Hayes 'term ended on March 4, the Senate has not yet considered Matthews' nomination. The newly elected President James A. Garfield confirmed the nomination shortly after taking office. The Senate accepted the nomination on May 11th with a majority of one vote (24:23). He was sworn in on May 12 by Chief Justice Morrison R. Waite . He started work the same day.

He died in 1889 and was buried in Spring Grove Cemetery , Cincinnati.

Web links

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Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME Matthews, Stanley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Matthews, Thomas Stanley (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer and politician (Republican Party)
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1824
PLACE OF BIRTH Cincinnati , Ohio
DATE OF DEATH March 22, 1889
Place of death Washington, DC
  1. ↑ MATTHEWS, Stanley (1824-1889) , Biographical Directory of the United States Congress retrieved August 23, 2020