The Fuller Court (1888–1910)

Introduction

Was Fuller President Cleveland’s first choice?

No, President Cleveland first asked Illinois Supreme Court justice John Scholfield, who declined. Cleveland then asked Fuller, who had previously turned down an offer to be solicitor general.

U.S. Supreme Court chief justice Melville Fuller. Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
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