| Show JUSTICE STEPHEN J I HELD DEAD was a Mm br brn f the ati I 1 nita flat 11 ch for thirtyfour thirty four I 1 eana r 11 ashington april it 11 justice stephen J I 1 beld bleld of the united states supreme court re died at his hi home on capitol hill in this city at 6 30 0 clock sunday evening of kidney corn copa lie tic hail had been unconscious ince since saturday morning and death came painlessly stephen johnson I 1 held was born at haddam addam II conn november 4 1816 lie ile was the con son 0 of david darid dudley field and oneff one of lour four br brother who became to famous david dudley cyrus IV and ilen dieny y it 1 held beld bling the other members of the great quartette that made their names knova throughout the world in president lincoln appointed him associate justice of the supreme court of the united estates states and he held that position until his retirement on december 1 1897 during this long service on the bench he also was before the public eye in fn other ways than as judge of the supreme court of the united stales states he was a member of the ilayev tilden electoral commission in 1877 and voted with the democrat democrats in ISSO 1880 be re calved sixty five votes for the presidency nomination at the ca cincinnati ile annati democratic convention on the first ballot in 1873 he was appointed by the governor of the state of california one of the commission to examine the code coda of laws of that state in 1800 1868 williams college conferred upon him the degree of and in 1869 the regents of the university of california made mado him hi a professor of laws in that tha institution |
