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    Morrison Remick "Mott" Waite (November 29, 1816 – March 23, 1888) was an American attorney, jurist, and politician from Ohio who served as the seventh...
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    The Waite Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1874 to 1888, when Morrison Waite served as the seventh Chief Justice of the United...
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    Morrison Waite, Chief Justice 2486 words Full text  24th March 4, 1881 (Friday) Inauguration of James A. Garfield East Portico, U.S. Capitol Morrison...
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    Justice Morrison Waite in Reynolds regarding the views on establishment by the Founding Fathers. Bancroft advised Waite to consult Jefferson and Waite then...
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    would be regulated by the Twenty-fifth Amendment in 1967. Chief Justice Morrison Waite administered the presidential oath of office, and Cleveland held a Bible...
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  • Memorial record of the nation's tribute to Abraham Lincoln. W. H. & O. H. Morrison. Retrieved 2010-08-07. Chittenden, Lucius Eugene (1904). Recollections...
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    into this term, and Arthur ascended to the presidency. Chief Justice Morrison Waite administered the presidential oath of office. Garfield left his home...
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    second inauguration in Washington, D.C., with the oath administered by Morrison Waite, the Chief Justice of the United States. Arthur became president following...
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    President Grover Cleveland before accepting the nomination to succeed Morrison Waite as chief justice. Despite some objections to his political past, Fuller...
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    Railroad (1886), the court reporter included a statement by Chief Justice Morrison Waite in the decision's headnote: The court does not wish to hear argument...
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