About
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1870 to 1892.
Before Fame
He graduated from Rutgers University in 1836.
Trivia
He was part of the Electoral Commission that was created to resolve the disputed 1876 presidential election between Rutherford B. Hayes and Samuel J. Tilden.
Family Life
He married Mary Hornblower in 1844.
Associated With
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Ulysses S. Grant.
