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Fuller, Melville Weston 1833-

Jurist; born in Augusta, Me., Feb. 11, 1833; graduated at Bowdoin College, in 1853; became a lawyer in his native city; and soon afterwards removed to Chicago,

Melville Weston Fuller.

where he built up an important practice. He was a member of the legislature, and a delegate to several Democratic national conventions. In 1888 he was appointed by President Cleveland chief-justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Harper and Brothers Publishers. . New York. 1902.

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