Morris tribune., 1881-05-26
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Biographical Sketch of the New Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States.

Biographical Sketch of the New Justice of the
Supreme Court Of the United States.
From the Cincinnati Gazette.
Stanley Matthews was born at Cincinnati in
1924; while an infant his parents removed to
Lexington, KY, where his father was professor
of mathematics in Transylvania college, and
then civil engineer in constructing railroads; in
1892 he re urned to Cincinnati, and became
professor of Woodward high school, which
Stanley entered as a pupil till 1889, when he
year; became student at law in 1S4O; went in
1912 to Maury county, Tennessee; lived in
the family of Rev. John Hudson, Presbyterian,
and assisted him at Uuion Seminary; married
the daughter of James Black of that county;
was admitted to the bar of Columbia, Tenn.
practiced law and put in some editorial work
on the Tennessee Democrat. Thus was he
educated, and a son of the educated. Stanley
returned presently to Cincinnati, was admitted
to the Ohio bar, and by the irfuence of
Judge W. B. Caldwell was made assistant pros
ecuting attorney for term of court through
which he made his mark. He imbibed strong
anti slavery sentiments from the writings of
DR.. Gamaliel Bailey, and succeeded him as edi-
tor of the Daily Herald, when he went to WASH
ington to start the National Era, and continued
until the Herald died. The agitation of resist
ance to slavery extension was rife, and the ALI
ance of the Democratic and Free Soil parties
broughtprominent anti-slavery men into opoliti-
cal life. Mr.. Matthews was elected clerk of
the Ohio house of representatives in 1s4S by
the coalition that elected Mr.. Chase senator.
In 1850 he returned to Cincinnati and the
year following, under the new constitution, was
elected
JUDGE OF THE COMMON PLEAS.
In two years he resigned; resumed practice with
his former preceptor, Worthington, as partner
In the merging and dissolving of the Free Soil
| party Mr.. Matthews settled in the Democratic
party. In 1858 President Buchanan appointed
| him district attorney for the southern district
| of Ohio which he resigned soon after
Lincoln came in. When the war of secession
broke out, he volunteered, and was
| appointed by Gov Dennison lieutenant colonel
i OF the Twenty third Ohio, then at Camp Chase.
The regiment was engaged in the operations in
| West Virginia in 1861. In October of that
year, Mathews was promoted to colonel of the
| Fifty first Ohio, and served under Buell. and
his successors in the army of the Tennessee.
In speech in the last presidential campaign,
| in reply to o remark on his party change, Judge
/ Mathews said that when he put on the blue un-
| form of the national army, he ceased to be q
| democrat Since that time he has been an ac-
tive republican. He was elected Judge of the
/ supreme court of Cincinnati in April, 1863
while in the army in Tennessee, and resigned
! to take the bench. He resigned his judgesnr
in 1858 In the spring of 1877, at the specia
instance Of President Hayes, Judge Mathews
was elected to the United States senate, in place
Of John Sherman, who took the treasury Thi:
1 was for part of q term. The following genera
assembly was democratic and chose Mr.. Pen
dleton to succeed Mr. Mathews.