Person
Stephen Johnson Field
US Supreme Court justice from 1863 to 1897
Overview
Stephen Johnson Field was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, and prior to that, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California. He had the third-longest tenure of any justice and is the only justice who served contemporaneously with one of their relatives, his nephew, David J. Brewer.
Also known as Stephen J. Field
Key facts
- lawyer, judge, politician
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, member of the California State Assembly
- United States
- November 4, 1816
- April 9, 1899
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