David Josiah Brewer (June 20, 1837 – March 28, 1910) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1890 to 1910.

David J. Brewer (born June 20, 1837, Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now İzmir, Turkey]—died March 28, 1910, Washington, D.C., U.S.) was a U.S. Supreme Court justice from 1889 to 1910. Brewer’s parents, American missionaries in Turkey, returned to the United States after his birth.

United States Supreme Court Associate Justice. He was the son of Josiah Brewer, a missionary, and Emilia Field Brewer, sister of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Field, with whom he eventually served. After their missionary work, the family settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut and Brewer attended Wesleyan University prior...

David Josiah Brewer was born in what is now Turkey; his father was a Congregational missionary. Brewer was educated in Connecticut; he graduated from Yale following two years of study at Wesleyan. Brewer spent virtually all his professional life in government service, moving from moderate liberalism as a state judge to strident conservatism as ...

Justice David Josiah Brewer joined the U.S. Supreme Court on January 6, 1890, replacing Justice Stanley Matthews. Brewer was born on June 20, 1837 in the Ottoman Empire (now Turkey), where his father was a missionary.

Confirmed by the Senate on March 31, 1884, and received commission on March 31, 1884. Service terminated on January 6, 1890, due to appointment to another judicial position. Nominated by Benjamin Harrison on December 4, 1889, to a seat vacated by Stanley Matthews.

David Josiah Brewer forged conservative socioeconomic beliefs into constitutional doctrine. From the time he assumed his seat on the Supreme Court in December 1889, Brewer unabashedly relied on judicial power to protect private property rights from the supposed incursions of state and federal legislatures.

David Josiah Brewer (1837-1910) was an Associate Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States. He was nominated to the court by President Benjamin Harrison on December 4, 1889. He served on the court until his death on March 28, 1910 .

Mr. Justice David Josiah Brewer was born in Smyrna, Asia Minor, on June 20, 1837, and was appointed by President Cleveland to the Supreme Court Bench in December 1889. He was therefore fifty-two years of age at the time of his appointment. He was the son of an American missionary. He was graduated from Yale in 1856, and from the Albany Law ...

David J. Brewer. U. S. Supreme Court Justice. Born: June 20, 1837, Smyrna, Asia Minor (now Izir, Turkey). Died: March 28, 1910, Washington, DC. Few Kansans have earned more respect and admiration for public service than Supreme Court Justice David J. Brewer.