Editing Stanley Matthews (judge) (section)

{{Short description|US Supreme Court justice from 1881 to 1889}}
{{redirect|Justice Matthews}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Stanley Matthews
| image               = Thomas Stanley Matthews - Brady-Handy.jpg
| caption             = Stanley Matthews, by [[Mathew Brady]], {{circa|1870-80}}
| office              = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
| nominator           = [[James A. Garfield|James Garfield]]
| term_start          = May 17, 1881<ref name=SCjustices>{{Cite web| title=Justices 1789 to Present| url=https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx| website=supremecourt.gov| access-date=June 29, 2019| archive-date=April 15, 2010| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100415034624/https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/members_text.aspx| url-status=live}}</ref>
| term_end            = March 22, 1889<ref name=SCjustices/>
| predecessor         = [[Noah Haynes Swayne]]
| successor           = [[David J. Brewer]]
| jr/sr1              = United States Senator
| state1              = [[Ohio]]
| term_start1         = March 21, 1877
| term_end1           = March 3, 1879
| predecessor1        = [[John Sherman]]
| successor1          = [[George H. Pendleton]]
| birth_name          = Thomas Stanley Matthews
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1824|7|21}}
| birth_place         = [[Cincinnati|Cincinnati, Ohio]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1889|3|22|1824|7|21}}
| death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| party               = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
| spouse              = {{Plainlist|
* {{marriage|Mary Ann Black|February 15, 1843|January 22, 1885|end=d.}}
* {{marriage|Mary K. Theaker<br />|June 23, 1886}} }}
| children            = 10, including [[Paul Matthews (bishop)|Paul]]
| relatives           = [[T. S. Matthews]] (grandson)
| education           = [[Kenyon College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| signature           = Signature of Thomas Stanley Matthews (1824–1889).png
| allegiance          = [[File:Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg|23px]] [[Union (American Civil War)|The Union]]
| branch              = [[File:Flag of the United States (1861-1863).svg|23px]] [[Union Army]]
| serviceyears        = 1861–1863
| rank                = [[File:US Army O6 (1861).svg|23px]] [[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]]
| commands            = [[File:Flag of Ohio.svg|23px]] [[23rd Ohio Infantry Regiment]] ([[Lieutenant Colonel (United States)|Lieutenant Colonel]], July 1861–October 26, 1861)<br>[[File:Flag of Ohio.svg|23px]] [[51st Ohio Infantry Regiment]] ([[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], October 26, 1861–1862)<br>[[File:Flag of Ohio.svg|23px]] [[Army of the Ohio]]/[[Army of the Cumberland]] ([[Colonel (United States)|Colonel]], 1862–1863)
| battles             = [[American Civil War]]
*[[Battle of Carnifex Ferry]] (September 10, 1861)
}}
'''Thomas Stanley Matthews''' (July 21, 1824 – March 22, 1889), known as '''Stanley Matthews''' in adulthood,<ref name=SCJIB17892012>{{cite book| title=The Supreme Court Justices: Illustrated Biographies, 1789–2012| editor-last=Cushman| editor-first=Clare| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QKN2AwAAQBAJ&pg=PA203| pages=203–206| edition=Third| publisher=CQ Press| location=Thousand Oaks, California| year=2013| isbn=978-1-60871-832-0| access-date=June 29, 2019}}</ref> was an American [[Attorney at law|attorney]], soldier, judge and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] [[United States Senate|senator]] from [[Ohio]] who became an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|associate justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]], serving from May 1881 to his death in 1889. A [[Progressivism in the United States|progressive]] justice,{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}} he was the author of the landmark rulings ''[[Yick Wo v. Hopkins]]'' and ''[[Ex parte Crow Dog]].''