Editing Stephen Johnson Field (section)

{{Short description|US Supreme Court justice from 1863 to 1897}}
{{redirect|Justice Field}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| image               = Stephen Johnson Field, photo half length seated, 1875.jpg
| office              = [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]]
| nominator           = [[Abraham Lincoln]]
| term_start          = May 20, 1863
| term_end            = December 1, 1897
| predecessor         = ''Seat established''
| successor           = [[Joseph McKenna]]
| order1              = 5th
| office1             = Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of California
| nominator1          = [[John B. Weller]]
| term_start1         = September 12, 1859
| term_end1           = May 20, 1863
| predecessor1        = [[David S. Terry]]
| successor1          = [[Warner Cope]]
| office2             = Associate Justice of the [[Supreme Court of California]]
| nominator2          = [[J. Neely Johnson]]
| term_start2         = October 13, 1857
| term_end2           = September 12, 1859
| predecessor2        = [[Hugh Murray (judge)|Hugh Murray]]
| successor2          = [[Edwin B. Crocker]]
| state_assembly3     = California
| district3           = [[California's 14th State Assembly district|14th]]
| term_start3         = 1851
| term_end3           = 1852
| predecessor3        = ''Constituency established''
| successor3          = A. G. Caldwell
| birth_date          = {{birth date|1816|11|4}}
| birth_place         = [[Haddam, Connecticut]], U.S.
| death_date          = {{death date and age|1899|4|9|1816|11|4}}
| death_place         = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| resting_place       = [[Rock Creek Cemetery]]<br />Washington, D.C., U.S.
| party               = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
| spouse              = {{marriage|Sue Virginia Swearingen|1859}}
| education           = [[Williams College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])
| signature           = Signature of Stephen Johnson Field (1816–1899).png
}}
'''Stephen Johnson Field''' (November 4, 1816 – April 9, 1899) was an American [[jurist]]. He was an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the [[United States Supreme Court]] from May 20, 1863, to December 1, 1897, the [[List of United States Supreme Court Justices by time in office|second longest]] tenure of any justice. Prior to this appointment, he was the fifth [[Chief Justice of California]].