David Davis
Supreme Court Justice
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1862 to 1877.
He graduated from Yale University in 1835.
He wrote one of the most profound decisions in the history of the Supreme Court when he ruled that the trial of a civilian by a military tribunal was unconstitutional.
He grew up in Cecil County with a wealthy family.
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President Abraham Lincoln.