Edward D White #55 (Service: 1894-1910) & Rufus W. Peckham #56 (Service: 1896-1909)

Board #183b - Edward D White #55 (Service: 1894-1910) & Rufus W. Peckham #56 (Service: 1896-1909)

9th Chief Justice Edward D. White #55 (1845-1921) Justice White was nominated to the court as an Associate Justice in 1894 by President Grover Cleveland and served in that capacity until 1910 when then President William Howard Taft nominated him as Chief Justice. Chief White served in the capacity as Chief Justice until he passed in 1921. President Warren Harding nominated past President Taft as Chief Justice in the same year. 10th Chief Justice Taft retired in 1930. He hardly ever remembered being President as he found that position loathsome.

Also on the board is Associate Justice Rufus W. Peckham #56 Peckham grew up in New York and worked in his father’s law office. President Grover Cleveland nominated Peckham to the High Court. He was affirmed in a scant 6 days. Both White and Peckham autograph undated scraps of paper. There are 2 photographs of Chief White and one photograph of an etching by Max Rosenthal. Both men are captured in the back row of the Court en banc.

Board Number: #183b

Offered For: $4800.