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Morrison Waite

1816 - 1888

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Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888. During his tenure, the Waite Court took a narrow interpretation of federal authority related to laws and amendments that were enacted during the Reconstruction Era to expand the rights of freedmen and protect them from attacks by white supremacy groups such as the Ku Klux Klan. Born in Lyme, Connecticut, Waite established a legal practice in Toledo, Ohio, after graduating from Yale University. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Morrison Waite has received more than 362,141 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Morrison Waite is the 15,511th most popular politician (down from 15,457th in 2019), the 8,181st most popular biography from United States (up from 9,987th in 2019) and the 521st most popular American Politician.

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  • 3.17

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Morrison Waite ranks 15,511 out of 19,576. Before him are Jigme Thinley, José María Linares, Antonio Martino, Carlos Hevia, Hervé de Charette, and Rafał Trzaskowski. After him are Bill Bradley, Carlos Quintanilla, Sándor Gombos, John J. Sullivan, Daniyal Akhmetov, and Lobengula.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1816, Morrison Waite ranks 51. Before him are C. A. Rosetti, Richard Leach Maddox, Andrei Mureșanu, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers, and Lajos Haynald. After him are Filippo Parlatore, Priscilla Cooper Tyler, Manuel Murillo Toro, William Sterndale Bennett, Johan Sverdrup, and Elihu B. Washburne. Among people deceased in 1888, Morrison Waite ranks 76. Before him are Francesco Faà di Bruno, Amos Bronson Alcott, Yuriy Fedkovych, Arsène Darmesteter, Kanō Hōgai, and Jan van Beers. After him are Carl Gustav Axel Harnack, Henry James Sumner Maine, Jules d'Anethan, George Bingham, 3rd Earl of Lucan, Richard A. Proctor, and Roscoe Conkling.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Morrison Waite ranks 8,181 out of 20,380. Before him are Tony Gilroy (1956), Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1836), Sharon Mitchell (1956), Laura Prepon (1980), Larry Storch (1923), and Robert Tappan Morris (1965). After him are Bert Schneider (1897), Bill Bradley (1943), Talia Balsam (1959), Tovah Feldshuh (1952), John Keel (1930), and Marshall Allman (1984).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Morrison Waite ranks 521. Before him are Alphonso Taft (1810), Wilbur Ross (1937), Asa Hutchinson (1950), Frederick Muhlenberg (1750), Robert M. La Follette (1855), and John P. Kennedy (1795). After him are Bill Bradley (1943), John J. Sullivan (1959), Andrew Cuomo (1957), William R. Day (1849), C. E. Ruthenberg (1882), and Clark Clifford (1906).

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