Waite, Morrison Remick (1816–1888)
| US lawyer and chief justice of the USA from 1874, appointed by President Grant. He presided over constitutional challenges to Reconstruction 1865–77, but is best remembered for his decisions upholding the right of states to regulate public utilities. |
| Born in Lyme, Connecticut, USA, and educated at Yale University, Waite settled in Ohio, where he was admitted to the bar 1839. After serving in the state legislature 1849–50, he returned to private practice. A staunch Republican, he was named US counsel in the 1871 Alabama claims case. |
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