Waite, << wayt, >> Morrison Remick (1816-1888), served as chief justice of the United States from 1874 until his death on March 23, 1888. In the Granger cases, his opinions upheld the power of state governments to regulate business (see Granger cases). This doctrine later lost favor when the Supreme Court developed broad powers to enforce the 14th Amendment. But the doctrine of broad power to regulate business was revived in the 1930’s.
Waite was born on Nov. 29, 1816, in Lyme, Connecticut. He graduated from Yale University. In 1871, he was an American delegate to the Geneva Tribunal of Arbitration, which considered the Alabama claims (see Alabama [ship]). He helped found the Republican Party.
