Horace Gray
| Horace Gray | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office December 20, 1881 – September 15, 1902 |
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| Nominated by | Chester Arthur |
| Preceded by | Nathan Clifford |
| Succeeded by | Oliver Holmes |
| Chief Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
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In office September 5, 1873 – January 9, 1882 |
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| Nominated by | William Washburn |
| Preceded by | Reuben Chapman |
| Succeeded by | Marcus Morton |
| Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court | |
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In office August 23, 1864 – September 5, 1873 |
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| Nominated by | John Andrew |
| Preceded by | Pliny Merrick |
| Succeeded by | Charles Devens |
| Personal details | |
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March 24, 1828 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died |
September 15, 1902 (aged 74) Nahant, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Harvard University (BA, LLB) |
Horace Gray (March 24, 1828 – September 15, 1902) was an American jurist who ultimately served on the United States Supreme Court. He was active in public service and a great philanthropist to the City of Boston.
Gray was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to the prominent Boston Brahmin merchant family of William Gray. He enrolled at Harvard College at the age of 13, graduated four years later and traveled in Europe for a time before returning home following a series of business problems for his family. He studied law at Harvard, although he did not receive a degree. Gray entered the bar in 1851. Gray's home later became the site of the Third Church of Christ, Scientist (Washington, D.C.)
Horace Gray's half-brother, John Chipman Gray went on to become a lawyer and long-time professor at Harvard Law School.
In 1854, he was named Reporter of Decisions for the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, a very prestigious appointment for so young a man and one which allowed him to edit numerous volumes of court records and provided for some independent legal writing, all of which earned him a very good reputation as a scholar and legal historian. This reputation made him a natural choice when a vacancy opened up on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in 1864. At age 36, Gray was youngest appointee in that court's history. He was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1860, and in 1866, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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