NationMaster - Encyclopedia: George Shiras, Jr.

George Shiras, Jr. (January 26, 1832-August 2, 1924), was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed to the Court by President Benjamin Harrison, after 40 years of private legal practice; Shiras had not previously held public office or a judgeship. Image File history File linksMetadata George_Shiras. ... Image File history File linksMetadata George_Shiras. ... January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... August 2 is the 214th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (215th in leap years), with 151 days remaining. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... The presidential seal was first used by president Hayes in 1880 and last modified in 1959 by adding the 50th star for Hawaii. ... Benjamin Harrison VI (August 20, 1833 â€“ March 13, 1901) was the 23rd President of the United States. ...

Shiras is often blamed for the need to pass the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified in 1913), which gave Congress the power to impose a federal income tax without apportionment among the states. He is believed to have switched his pivotal vote in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895), tilting the previously split Court to rule that the Income Tax of 1894 was unconstitutional. Amendment XVI (the Sixteenth Amendment) of the United States Constitution, authorizing income taxes in their present form, was ratified on February 3, 1913. ... Congress in Joint Session. ... An income tax is a tax levied on the financial income of persons or corporations. ... Holding --- Court membership Case opinions Laws applied --- Pollock v. ...

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Chief Justice Edward Douglass White took the office in 1910. ... This article is about the Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; for Justice Peckhams father of the same name who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, see Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873). ... Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843â€“November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ... John Marshall Harlan John Marshall Harlan (June 1, 1833 â€“ October 14, 1911) was an American Supreme Court associate justice. ... David Josiah Brewer (January 20, 1837-March 28, 1910), was an American jurist. ... Henry Billings Brown (born South Lee, Massachusetts March 2, 1836 - died Bronxville, New York September 4, 1913) was a Republican United States Supreme Court justice from January 5, 1891 to May 28, 1906. ... Chief Justice Edward Douglass White took the office in 1910. ... This article is about the Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court; for Justice Peckhams father of the same name who served in the U.S. House of Representatives, see Rufus Wheeler Peckham (1809-1873). ... Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843â€“November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government, as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. ... Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. ...