Please answer the following question: Facts: - birth name: morrison remick waite - party: whig 1888 -rrb- -lrb- before 1854 -rrb- republican -lrb- 1854 -- - predecessor: salmon chase - birth date: 29 november 1816 - death date: 23 march 1888 - spouse: amelia champlin warner - office: 7th chief justice of the united states - term end: march 23 , 1888 - name: morrison waite - death place: washington , d.c. , u.s. - birth place: lyme , connecticut , u.s. - signature: morrison r waite signature.svg - successor: melville fuller - alma mater: yale university - appointer: ulysses grant - children: henry seldon christopher champlin edward tinker mary frances - term start: march 4 , 1874 - image: chief justice morrison waite.jpg - religion: episcopalianism Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of morrison waite .
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morrison remick '' mott '' waite -lrb- november 29 , 1816 -- march 23 , 1888 -rrb- was an attorney and politician in ohio .he served as the seventh chief justice of the united states from 1874 to his death in 1888 .during his tenure , the supreme court took a narrow interpretation of federal authority related to laws and amendments that were passed during reconstruction to expand the rights of freedmen and protect them from attacks by vigilante groups such as the ku klux klan .