Samuel Freeman Miller

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Samuel Freeman Miller was a 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his influential opinions on federalism and civil rights during the Reconstruction era.

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Samuel Freeman Miller canonical 5

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instanceOf Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
person ⓘ
physician ⓘ
appointedBy Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
birthDate 1816-04-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Richmond, Kentucky, United States ⓘ
linked to: Richmond, Kentucky
burialPlace Oakland Cemetery, Keokuk, Iowa, United States ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1890-10-13 ⓘ
education Transylvania University ⓘ
endTime 1890-10-13 ⓘ
era Reconstruction era ⓘ
familyName Miller ⓘ
fieldOfWork civil rights law ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
federalism ⓘ
givenName Samuel ⓘ
knownFor jurisprudence limiting the scope of the Fourteenth Amendment Privileges or Immunities Clause ⓘ
majority opinion in The Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ
opinions on civil rights during Reconstruction ⓘ
opinions on federalism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
memberOf Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
notableCase Ex parte Yarbrough ⓘ
Loan Association v. Topeka ⓘ
The Slaughter-House Cases ⓘ
notableWork majority opinion in The Slaughter-House Cases (1873) ⓘ
opinions in cases interpreting the Reconstruction Amendments ⓘ
numberOfChildren 3 ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
physician ⓘ
partyAffiliation Republican Party (United States) ⓘ
linked to: Republican Party
politicalAlignment Unionist ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
practicedLawIn Iowa ⓘ
precededBy Peter Vivian Daniel ⓘ
previousOccupation country doctor in Kentucky ⓘ
religion Baptist ⓘ
residence Keokuk, Iowa, United States ⓘ
linked to: Keokuk, Iowa
servedUnderPresident Abraham Lincoln ⓘ
Andrew Johnson ⓘ
Chester A. Arthur ⓘ
Grover Cleveland (first term) ⓘ
linked to: Grover Cleveland

James A. Garfield ⓘ
Rutherford B. Hayes ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
signature Signature of Samuel Freeman Miller (1816–1890).svg ⓘ
spouse Eliza Wythes ⓘ
Lucy Love Ballinger ⓘ
startTime 1862-07-21 ⓘ
succeededBy George Shiras Jr. ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Slaughter-House Cases → majorityOpinionBy → Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ
United States v. Cruikshank → hasConcurrenceAuthor → Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ
United States v. Kagama → hasOpinionAuthor → Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ
United States v. Kagama → hasJustice → Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ
Samuel F. Miller → birthName → Samuel Freeman Miller ⓘ