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Chief Justice Fuller Dies Suddenly in Maine Home
Chief Justice Melville Weston Fuller died July 4 at his summer home in Sorrento Maine from heart failure. He served as United States Supreme Court chief justice for 22 years beginning in 1888, leaving a lasting legal legacy and prompting discussion of his successor possibly Lloyd W. Bowers.
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