Stephen Johnson Field

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Stephen Johnson Field was an influential 19th-century American jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, shaping constitutional law during the post–Civil War and Gilded Age eras.

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Stephen Johnson Field canonical 5

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
judge ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
politician ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
burialPlace Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1816-11-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1899-04-09 ⓘ
educatedAt Williams College ⓘ
Yale Law School ⓘ
endTime 1897-12-01 ⓘ
familyName Field ⓘ
givenName Stephen ⓘ
knownFor advocacy of economic substantive due process ⓘ
influence during the Gilded Age ⓘ
long tenure on the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ
shaping constitutional law during the post–Civil War era ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of California ⓘ
Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableWork dissent in The Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ
opinion in Ex parte Crow Dog ⓘ
opinion in Munn v. Illinois (dissent) ⓘ
opinion in Pennoyer v. Neff ⓘ
opinion in Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad Co. ⓘ
opinions advancing substantive due process under the Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
partyAffiliation Democratic Party ⓘ
placeOfBirth Haddam, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
linked to: Haddam, Connecticut
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California ⓘ
previousWork Justice of the Supreme Court of California ⓘ
member of the California State Assembly ⓘ
practicing attorney in California ⓘ
relative David Dudley Field I ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
linked to: Presbyterian
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Cyrus West Field ⓘ
David Dudley Field II ⓘ
Henry Martyn Field ⓘ
Matthew Dickinson Field ⓘ
spouse Sue Virginia Swearingen ⓘ
startTime 1863-05-20 ⓘ
workLocation California, United States ⓘ
Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Field → hasNotableBearer → Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ
United States v. Kagama → hasJustice → Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ
Cyrus West Field → sibling → Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ
David Dudley Field II → sibling → Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ
Emilia Ann Field → notableRelative → Stephen Johnson Field ⓘ