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Stephen Johnson Field (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American jurist. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897, the second longest tenure of any justice. Prior to this appointment, he was the fifth Chief Justice of California.
After two years as an Associate Justice, he served as the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court from 1859 to 1863. President Abraham Lincoln nominated Field to the U.S. Supreme Court on March 6, 1863. The Senate confirmed him on March 10, and he took the judicial oath about two months later.
Stephen J. Field was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and chief architect of the constitutional approach that largely exempted the rapidly expanding industry of the United States from governmental regulation after the Civil War.
Field wanted to be chief justice, but that was not to be. He remained on the Court well after his faculties started to wane. Field's 34 years and 9+ months on the Court surpassed John Marshall's service by a mere five months.
In 1863, Field was appointed by Abraham Lincoln to fill the newly created tenth seat on the Supreme Court. Fields’ appointment helped achieve both regional and political balance on the bench. Field was an advocate of substantive due process, as proven by his dissent in the Slaughterhouse Cases.
21 mai 2018 · Stephen Johnson Field served as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1863 to 1897, making him the second longest serving justice in the history of the Court. Field was a conservative who consistently upheld the interests of business.
21 oct. 2020 · Stephen Johnson Field (May 10, 1863 – December 1, 1897) Stephen Johnson Field served with James Moore Wayne following his nomination by President Abraham Lincoln. Field filled the 10 th seat on the Supreme Court, one newly created by the Tenth Circuit Act of 1863.
