Stanley Matthews (judge)

Stanley Matthews
Stanley Matthews, by Mathew Brady, c. 1870-80
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office May 17, 1881[1] – March 22, 1889[1]
Nominated by	James Garfield
Preceded by	Noah Haynes Swayne
Succeeded by	David J. Brewer
United States Senator from Ohio
In office March 21, 1877 – March 3, 1879
Preceded by	John Sherman
Succeeded by	George H. Pendleton
Personal details
Born	Thomas Stanley Matthews (1824-07-21)July 21, 1824 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.
Died	March 22, 1889(1889-03-22) (aged 64) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party	Republican
Spouses	Mary Ann Black ​ ​ (m. 1843; died 1885)​ Mary K. Theaker ​ ​ (m. 1886)​
Children	10, including Paul
Relatives	T. S. Matthews (grandson)
Education	Kenyon College (BA)
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Thomas Stanley Matthews (July 21, 1824 – March 22, 1889), known as Stanley Matthews in adulthood,^[2] was an American attorney, soldier, judge and Republican senator from Ohio who became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from May 1881 to his death in 1889. A progressive justice,^{[citation needed]} he was the author of the landmark ruling in Yick Wo v. Hopkins.