ASSOCIATE JUSTICE STANLEY MATTHEWS - AUTOGRAPH 01/27/1885 - HFSID 320264
Sale Price $180.00
Reg. $200.00
STANLEY MATTHEWS
Signature of the Supreme Court Justice confirmed by the narrowest
margin in history
Signature: "Stanley Matthews", in black ink, 3½x2¼. Nominated
by President Garfield in 1881 and re-nominated by President Arthur after
Garfield's assassination, Thomas Stanley Matthews
(1824-1889) was confirmed as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court
by the narrowest margin in history (24-23). A former Ohio judge and legislator,
who had also completed an unexpired term in the US Senate (1877-1881), Matthews
served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court until his death in 1889.
Pencil notes (unknown hand) on verso. Fine condition.
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