Rufus W. Peckham

This article is about the Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. For the member of the U.S. House of Representatives (his father), see Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809–1873).

Rufus W. Peckham
Peckham, 1905–1909
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
January 6, 1896 – October 24, 1909
Nominated byGrover Cleveland
Preceded byHowell E. Jackson
Succeeded byHorace Harmon Lurton
Personal details
Born(1838-11-08)November 8, 1838
Albany, New York, U.S.
DiedOctober 24, 1909(1909-10-24) (aged 70)
Altamont, New York, U.S.
PartyDemocratic
Spouse
Hariette Arnold
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(m. 1867)​
Children2
Signature

Rufus W. Peckham (November 8, 1838 – October 24, 1909) was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909, and is the most recent Democratic nominee approved by a Republican-majority Senate. He was known for his strong use of substantive due process to invalidate regulations of business and property. Peckham's namesake father was also a lawyer and judge, and a U.S. Representative. His older brother, Wheeler Hazard Peckham (1833–1905), was one of the lawyers who prosecuted William M. Tweed and a failed nominee to the Supreme Court.


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