George Shiras, Jr.

**George Shiras, Jr.**
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Term in office

October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903
Preceded by	Joseph Philo Bradley
Succeeded by	William R. Day
Nominated by	Benjamin Harrison
Born	January 26, 1832
Died	August 2, 1924

George Shiras, Jr. (January 26, 1832-August 2, 1924), was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed to the Court by President Benjamin Harrison, after 40 years of private legal practice; Shiras had not previously held public office or a judgeship.

Shiras is often blamed for the need to pass the Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (ratified in 1913), which gave Congress the power to impose a federal income tax without apportionment among the states. He is believed to have switched his pivotal vote in Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. (1895), tilting the previously split Court to rule that the Income Tax of 1894 was unconstitutional.

Preceded by: Joseph Philo Bradley	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States October 10, 1892 – February 23, 1903	Succeeded by: William R. Day

The Fuller Court
1892–1893:	S.J. Field \| J.M. Harlan \| H. Gray \| S. Blatchford \| L.Q.C. Lamar II \| D.J. Brewer \| H.B. Brown \| Geo. Shiras, Jr.
1893:	S.J. Field \| J.M. Harlan \| H. Gray \| S. Blatchford \| D.J. Brewer \| H.B. Brown \| Geo. Shiras, Jr. \| H.E. Jackson
1894–1895:	S.J. Field \| J.M. Harlan \| H. Gray \| D.J. Brewer \| H.B. Brown \| Geo. Shiras, Jr. \| H.E. Jackson \| E.D. White
1896–1897:	S.J. Field \| J.M. Harlan \| H. Gray \| D.J. Brewer \| H.B. Brown \| Geo. Shiras, Jr. \| E.D. White \| R.W. Peckham
1898–1902:	J. M. Harlan \| H. Gray \| D.J. Brewer \| H.B. Brown \| Geo. Shiras, Jr. \| E.D. White \| R.W. Peckham \| J. McKenna
1902–1903:	J. M. Harlan \| D.J. Brewer \| H.B. Brown \| Geo. Shiras, Jr. \| E.D. White \| R.W. Peckham \| J. McKenna \| O.W. Holmes