Morrison Waite
American jurist (1816-1888); Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1874 to 1888 · United States · On the map · Politicians · Died at 71
Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death in 1888.
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During his tenure, the Waite Court took a narrow interpretation of federal authority related to laws and amendments that were enacted during the Reconstruction Era to expand the rights of freedmen and protect them from attacks by white supremacist groups such as the Ku Klux Klan.
