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Born March 2, 1836 • Massachusetts
Died September 4, 1913 (aged 77) • New York
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1890-1906), United States
Role In Plessy v. Ferguson • Pollock v. Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company

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