OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Robert Cooper Grier 

BORN:
March 5, 1794,
Cumberland County, Pennsylvania

DIED:
September 25, 1870 (age 76)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
Dickinson College (BA, 1812)
Read law (1817)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1817-1818:
Practiced Law in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
1818-1833:
Practiced Law in Danville, Pennsylvania
1833-1846:
President Judge, District Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
1846-1870:
Associated Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly 
Supreme Court Historical Society
Dickinson College
Oyez
Wikipedia

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