Rufus Wheeler Peckham

Rufus Wheeler Peckham (born November 8, 1838, Albany, New York, U.S.—died October 24, 1909, Altamont, New York) was an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1896 to 1909. Peckham was educated in Albany and Philadelphia and was admitted to the bar in 1859, after which he practiced law in Albany. In 1883 he was appointed a justice of the New York State Supreme Court, and in 1886 he became a member of the...