Justice Henry Billings Brown #52 (1836-1913), Justice George Shiras, Jr. #53 (1832-1924)
Justice Henry Billings Brown #52 (1836-1913). Justice brown executed an undated autograph while Justice George Shiras, Jr. #53 (1832-1924) autographs a card dated February 1903. The balance of the 1892 supreme court is displayed in their court picture. Justice Shiras is the newest member of the court. Justice browns position in the second row and to the far right tells us he is the second newest member of the court.
Justice Henry Billings Brown #52. Justice Howell E. Jackson #54
Justice Henry Billings Brown #52. (1836-1913) Justice brown signs his autograph which includes a quote from the murdered consul of Rome, Marcus Tullius Cicero wherein Cicero tells us “Freedom is the power to do all the law allows.”
There is an autographed card offered from Howell E. Jackson #54 (1832-1895) dated May 6, 1895. there is also a print o Justice Jackson. There is also a picture of the entire court in 1895 (both Justice Brown and Jackson are standing together on the top row left.
Henry B. Brown #52 (1836-1913)
Justice Henry B. Brown #52 (1836-1913) on May 18, 1896 the United States Supreme Court rendered its decision in the case of: Homer Adolph Plessy v J. H. Ferguson
Homer Plessy boarded a East Louisiana railway train on June 7, 1892. Plessy was a racially mixed shoemaker who with help from a New Orleans civil rights organization designed to challenge the law by purchasing a ticket in a white’s only car. He boarded and was asked if he was “colored” (he was 7/8’s white.) He replied yes but refused to retire to the ‘colored car’.
William Henry Moody #60 (1853-1917) & William R. Day #59 (1849-1923)
Justice Moody was one who held positions in all three branches of government. Moody and his family all came to Massachusetts from England as puritans
William R. Day #59 (1849-1923). Justice day was from Ohio and graduated from Michigan law. Day was selected to negotiate the end of the Spanish American War.