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| image = Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg
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| office = [[Chief Justice of the United States#List of Chief Justices|8th]] [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
| termstart = October 8, 1888
| termend = July 4, 1910
| nominator = [[Grover Cleveland]]
| appointer =
| predecessor = [[Morrison Waite]]
| successor = [[Edward Douglass White]]
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1833|2|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Augusta, Maine]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1910|07|04|1833|02|11}}
| death_place = [[Sorrento, Maine]]
| spouse = Calista Reynolds (1858); Mary Coolbaugh (1866)
| children = 6
| religion = [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]
| alma_mater = [[Bowdoin College]]
| signature = Melville Fuller Signature.svg
}}
'''Melville Weston Fuller''' (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer, jurist, and politician. He was the eighth [[Chief Justice of the United States]] between 1888 and 1910.<ref>[http://www.pbk.org/userfiles/file/Famous%20Members/PBKSupremeCourtJustices.pdf Supreme Court Justices Who Are Phi Beta Kappa Members], Phi Beta Kappa website, accessed Oct 4, 2009</ref> He was nominated by [[Grover Cleveland]].
Fuller died in [[Sorrento, Maine]] from a heart attack, aged 77.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050903032026/http://www.supremecourthistory.org/04_library/subs_volumes/04_c20_e.html Christensen, George A. (1983) ''Here Lies the Supreme Court: Gravesites of the Justices'', Yearbook] [[Supreme Court Historical Society]] at [[Internet Archive]].</ref><ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5580 Melville Fuller memorial at] [[Find a Grave]].</ref><ref>''See also'', Christensen, George A., ''Here Lies the Supreme Court: Revisited'', ''Journal of Supreme Court History'', Volume 33 Issue 1, Pages 17 - 41 (19 Feb 2008), [[University of Alabama]].</ref>
==References==
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==Other websites==
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*[http://www.michaelariens.com/ConLaw/justices/fuller.htm Ariens, Michael, ''Melville Fuller''.]
*[[Supreme Court Historical Society]]:
**[http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court/chief-justices/melville-weston-fuller-1888-1910/ ''Melville Weston Fuller, 1888-1910''].
**[http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court/history-of-the-court-2/the-fuller-court-1888-1910/ ''The Fuller Court 1888-1910''].
*[[Oyez.org|Oyez Project]] [http://www.oyez.org/justices/melville_w_fuller/ ''Melville W. Fuller Biography''], U.S. Supreme Court media.
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/melville-fuller Orth, John V. Answers.com Melville Fuller.]
*[http://www.mackinac.org/7642 Reed, Lawrence W. (March 10, 2006), ''Melville W. Fuller: A Model Chief Justice''] [[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]].
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| image = Melville Weston Fuller Chief Justice 1908.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption =
| office = [[Chief Justice of the United States#List of Chief Justices|8th]] [[Chief Justice of the United States]]
| termstart = October 8, 1888
| termend = July 4, 1910
| nominator = [[Grover Cleveland]]
| appointer =
| predecessor = [[Morrison Waite]]
| successor = [[Edward Douglass White]]
| office2 =
| termstart2 =
| termend2 =
| nominator2 =
| appointer2 =
| predecessor2 =
| successor2 =
| birth_date = {{birth date|1833|2|11|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Augusta, Maine]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1910|07|04|1833|02|11}}
| death_place = [[Sorrento, Maine]]
| spouse = Calista Reynolds (1858); Mary Coolbaugh (1866)
| children = 6
| religion = [[Episcopal Church in the United States of America|Episcopalian]]
| alma_mater = [[Bowdoin College]]
| signature = Melville Fuller Signature.svg
}}
'''Melville Weston Fuller''' (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer, jurist, and politician. He was the eighth [[Chief Justice of the United States]] between 1888 and 1910.<ref>[http://www.pbk.org/userfiles/file/Famous%20Members/PBKSupremeCourtJustices.pdf Supreme Court Justices Who Are Phi Beta Kappa Members], Phi Beta Kappa website, accessed Oct 4, 2009</ref> He was nominated by [[Grover Cleveland]].
Fuller died in [[Sorrento, Maine]] from a heart attack, aged 77.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20050903032026/http://www.supremecourthistory.org/04_library/subs_volumes/04_c20_e.html Christensen, George A. (1983) ''Here Lies the Supreme Court: Gravesites of the Justices'', Yearbook] [[Supreme Court Historical Society]] at [[Internet Archive]].</ref><ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5580 Melville Fuller memorial at] [[Find a Grave]].</ref><ref>''See also'', Christensen, George A., ''Here Lies the Supreme Court: Revisited'', ''Journal of Supreme Court History'', Volume 33 Issue 1, Pages 17 - 41 (19 Feb 2008), [[University of Alabama]].</ref>
==References==
{{reflist}}
==Other websites==
{{commonscat-inline}}
*[http://www.michaelariens.com/ConLaw/justices/fuller.htm Ariens, Michael, ''Melville Fuller''.]
*[[Supreme Court Historical Society]]:
**[http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court/chief-justices/melville-weston-fuller-1888-1910/ ''Melville Weston Fuller, 1888-1910''].
**[http://www.supremecourthistory.org/history-of-the-court/history-of-the-court-2/the-fuller-court-1888-1910/ ''The Fuller Court 1888-1910''].
*[[Oyez.org|Oyez Project]] [http://www.oyez.org/justices/melville_w_fuller/ ''Melville W. Fuller Biography''], U.S. Supreme Court media.
*[http://www.answers.com/topic/melville-fuller Orth, John V. Answers.com Melville Fuller.]
*[http://www.mackinac.org/7642 Reed, Lawrence W. (March 10, 2006), ''Melville W. Fuller: A Model Chief Justice''] [[Mackinac Center for Public Policy]].
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[[Category:Politicians from Maine]]
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