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Chief Justice Fuller's famous immigration case, Gonzalez vs. Williams, was not mentioned in the article so I added details pertaining to the case, including the mention of Isabel Gonzalez (appellant), and how she paved the way for US citizenship rights for Puerto Rico. Belinda Torres-Mary ( talk) 18:15, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Mr. Fuller started as Chief Justice of the United States on October 8, 1888, not July 20, 1888. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, but he chose not to take the oath, which is what counts as the start for our purposes (and nearly everyone else's). The oath is mentioned here: < http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx>
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The date a Member of the Court took his/her Judicial oath (the Judiciary Act provided “That the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the district judges, before they proceed to execute the duties of their respective offices, shall take the following oath . . . ”) is here used as the date of the beginning of his/her service, for until that oath is taken he/she is not vested with the prerogatives of the office.
I clarified the situation in this edit. The other lists on Wikipedia (e.g., List of United States Chief Justices by age and List of Chief Justices of the United States by time in office) use October 8, the U.S. Supreme Court uses it (see link above), Kermit L. Hall lists it as such, and the cited book discusses this in detail (and the book discusses Mr. Fuller's reasoning, which could also be added to the article, if anyone were so inclined). -- MZMcBride ( talk) 01:00, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
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I have substantially expanded this article, so I'd appreciate it if any talk-page watchers would like to read it through to find any embarrassing mistakes. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 19:16, 3 March 2021 (UTC)
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Chief Justice Fuller's famous immigration case, Gonzalez vs. Williams, was not mentioned in the article so I added details pertaining to the case, including the mention of Isabel Gonzalez (appellant), and how she paved the way for US citizenship rights for Puerto Rico. Belinda Torres-Mary ( talk) 18:15, 21 February 2010 (UTC)
Hi. Mr. Fuller started as Chief Justice of the United States on October 8, 1888, not July 20, 1888. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 20, but he chose not to take the oath, which is what counts as the start for our purposes (and nearly everyone else's). The oath is mentioned here: < http://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx>
Quoting from that page:
The date a Member of the Court took his/her Judicial oath (the Judiciary Act provided “That the Justices of the Supreme Court, and the district judges, before they proceed to execute the duties of their respective offices, shall take the following oath . . . ”) is here used as the date of the beginning of his/her service, for until that oath is taken he/she is not vested with the prerogatives of the office.
I clarified the situation in this edit. The other lists on Wikipedia (e.g., List of United States Chief Justices by age and List of Chief Justices of the United States by time in office) use October 8, the U.S. Supreme Court uses it (see link above), Kermit L. Hall lists it as such, and the cited book discusses this in detail (and the book discusses Mr. Fuller's reasoning, which could also be added to the article, if anyone were so inclined). -- MZMcBride ( talk) 01:00, 22 May 2012 (UTC)
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I have substantially expanded this article, so I'd appreciate it if any talk-page watchers would like to read it through to find any embarrassing mistakes. Cheers, Extraordinary Writ ( talk) 19:16, 3 March 2021 (UTC)