Stanley Matthews (judge)

Stanley Matthews
Matthews c. 1870–1880
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
May 17, 1881 – March 22, 1889
Nominated byJames Garfield
Preceded byNoah Haynes Swayne
Succeeded byDavid J. Brewer
United States Senator
from Ohio
In office
March 21, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded byJohn Sherman
Succeeded byGeorge H. Pendleton
Personal details
BornThomas Stanley Matthews
(1824-07-21)July 21, 1824
DiedMarch 22, 1889(1889-03-22) (aged 64)
PartyRepublican
Spouses
Mary Ann Black
(m. 1843; died 1885)
Mary K. Theaker
(m. 1886)
Children10, including Paul
RelativesT. S. Matthews (grandson)
EducationKenyon College (BA)
Signature
Military service
AllegianceThe Union
Branch/serviceUnion Army
Years of service1861–1863
RankColonel
Commands23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment (Lieutenant Colonel, July 1861–October 26, 1861)
51st Ohio Infantry Regiment (Colonel, October 26, 1861–1862)
Army of the Ohio/Army of the Cumberland (Colonel, 1862–1863)
Battles/warsAmerican Civil War
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Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824 – March 22, 1889), known as Stanley Matthews in adulthood, was an American attorney, soldier, judge and senator from Ohio who became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from May 1881 to his death in 1889. A Republican politician and progressive justice, he was the author of the landmark rulings Yick Wo v. Hopkins and Ex parte Crow Dog.