JUSTICES OF THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. OCTOBER TERM, 1897. CHIEF JUSTICE: HON. MELVILLE W. FULLER. ASSOCIATES: HON. STEPHEN J. FIELD.' HON. JOHN M. HARLAN. HON. HORACE GRAY. HON. DAVID J. BREWER. HON. HENRY BILLINGS BROWN. HON. GEORGE SHIRAS, JR. HON. EDWARD D. WHITE. HON. RUFUS W. PECKHAM. HON. JOSEPH MCKENNA. ATTORNEY GENERAL: HON. JOHN W. GRIGGS. SOLICITOR GENERAL: HON. JOHN K. RICHARDS.. Resigned April 24, 1897, to take effect December 1, 1897. Commissioned January 21, 1898. Hon. John W. Griggs was commissioned January 25, 1898, to succeed Hon. Joseph McKenna, ap pointed to the Supreme Bench. Hon. John K. Richards was commissioned July 1, 1897, to succeed Hon. Holmes Conrad. OF THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. FIRST CIRCUIT. Comprising Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island. JUSTICE HORACE GRAY, of Massachusetts. Appointed December 20, 1881, by Presi dent Arthur. SECOND CIRCUIT. Comprising Connecticut, New York, and Vermont. JUSTICE RUFUS W. PECKHAM, of New York. Appointed December 9, 1895, by Pres ident Cleveland. THIRD CIRCUIT. Comprising Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. JUSTICE GEORGE SHIRAS, JR., of Pennsylvania. Appointed July 26, 1892, by Presi dent Harrison. FOURTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia. CHIEF JUSTICE MELVILLE W. FULLER, of Illinois. Appointed July 20, 1888, by President Cleveland. SIFTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. JUSTICE EDWARD D. WHITE of Louisiana. Appointed February 19, 1894, by President Cleveland. SIXTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee. JUSTICE JOHN M. HARLAN, of Kentucky. Appointed November 29, 1877, by Presi dent Hayes. SEVENTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin. JUSTICE HENRY BILLINGS BROWN, of Michigan. Appointed December 29, 1890, by President Harrison. EIGHTH CIRCUIT. Comprising Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. JUSTICE DAVID J. BREWER, of Kansas. Appointed December 18, 1889, by President Harrison. NINTH CIRCUIT. Comprising California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, and Washington. JUSTICE JOSEPH MCKENNA, of California. Appointed January 21, 1898, by President McKinley. |