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Horace Gray (March 24, 1828 – September 15, 1902) was an American jurist who served on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, and then on the United States Supreme Court, where he frequently interpreted the Constitution in ways that increased the powers of Congress.
Horace Gray was a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, 1881–1902. Admitted to the bar in 1851, Gray practiced law in Massachusetts and was active in Free-Soil and, later, Republican party affairs. In 1860 he ran unsuccessfully for state attorney general.
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During his 17 years on the Massachusetts court, Gray dissented only once and none of his decisions was overruled. He had the foresight while chief justice to hire a bright Harvard Law School student as his clerk, Louis D. Brandeis.
Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: Horace Gray.
Justice Horace Gray joined the U.S. Supreme Court on January 9, 1882, replacing Justice Nathan Clifford. Gray was born on March 24, 1828 in Boston, Massachusetts. A precocious talent, he graduated from Harvard at the age of 17. Gray returned to Harvard for law school, graduating in 1849.
May 23, 2018 · Horace Gray gained prominence as a Massachusetts jurist and a U.S. Supreme Court justice. In his fifty-three-year career as a lawyer and judge, Gray earned a reputation as an expert on legal history and precedent. Gray was born in the prosperous Beacon Hill neighborhood of Boston on March 24, 1828.
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Horace Gray, Jr., reporter of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts (1854–1861) and Associate Justice (1864–1873) and Chief Justice (1873–1881) of the same court, was appointed to the United States Supreme Court in 1882 and served until his death twenty years later.
