Morrison Waite

American jurist (1816–1888); chief justice of the united states supreme court from 1874 to 1888.

Born November 29th, 1816 in Lyme.

Died March 23rd, 1888 at 71 years old in Washington, D.C. (pneumonia).

Occupations
judge, lawyer, politician
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel