David Josiah Brewer
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David Josiah Brewer was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1910.
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Brewer's four well-known uncles. From left to right: David Dudley Field, Henry M. Field, Cyrus W. Field, and Stephen J. Field.
Brewer's Supreme Court nomination
Supreme Court justices, 1899. Brewer is in the bottom row, first from the left.
Brewer walks past a construction worker.
Photograph, 1907
This 1907 Puck political cartoon by L. M. Glackens depicts several of Roosevelt's critics, including Brewer (bottom left), singing Christmas carols outside the President's window.Writers from United States 6
About this person
David Josiah Brewer was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1910. An appointee of President Benjamin Harrison, he supported states' rights, opposed broad interpretations of Congress's power to regulate interstate commerce, and voted to strike down economic regulations that he felt infringed on the freedom of contract. He and Justice Rufus W. Peckham were the "intellectual leaders" of the Fuller Court, according to the legal academic Owen M. Fiss. Brewer has been viewed negatively by most scholars, though a few have argued that his reputation as a reactionary deserves to be reconsidered.
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