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 Peckham
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
January 6, 1896 – October 24, 1909[1]
Nominated byGrover Cleveland
Preceded byHowell Edmunds 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.
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Hariette Arnold
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(m. 1867)​
Children2
Signature

Rufus W. Peckham[a] (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.

  1. ^ a b "Justices 1789 to Present". Washington, D.C.: Supreme Court of the United States. Retrieved February 15, 2022.
  2. ^ Proceedings, Washington State Bar Association 13th Annual Convention. Washington State Bar Association. 1901. p. 100. Archived from the original on January 26, 2020. Retrieved November 29, 2018. Hon Rufus William Peckham of New York born in 1838 commissioned by President Cleveland.
  3. ^ "MINNESOTA LAWS REGULATING RATES DECLARED INVALID". Vol. 115, no. 28. The Sacramento Union. UCR Center For Bibliographical Studies and Research. March 24, 1908. Archived from the original on November 29, 2018. Retrieved November 29, 2018. Rufus William Peckham of the U.S. Supreme Court [contemporary photo caption]
  4. ^ Brown, Roscoe C. E.; Smith, Ray B. (1922). Political and Governmental History of the State of New York (Vol. 3 ed.). The Syracuse Press Inc. p. 328B. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2018. Rufus William Peckham jurist born at Albany NY November 8, 1838.
  5. ^ Colby, Frank M.; et al., eds. (1917). The New International Encyclopædia (Vol. 18 ed.). p. 242. Archived from the original on November 8, 2021. Retrieved November 29, 2018. PECKHAM RUFUS WILLIAM 1838 1909 An American jurist brother of Wheeler Hazard Peckham. He was born in Albany NY and was educated at the Albany Academy and in Philadelphia Admitted to the bar in 1859 a year later he succeeded his father as law partner of Lyman Tremain. On Tremain's death in 1878 the firm became Peckham and Rosendale. For three years Peckham served as district attorney of Albany County He was counsel to the Albany.


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