OVERVIEW:

BORN:
January 17, 1768
Amenia, New York

DIED:
December 18, 1843 (age 75)
Poughkeepsie, New York

EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), 1788
Read Law, 1792

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican (Before 1825)
National Republican (1825–1833)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1792:
Admitted to the New York Bar
1792-1793:
Practiced Law in Troy, New York
1800:
Member of the New York State Assembly
1801:
Delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention
1802-1818:
Justice,  Supreme Court of New York
1814-1818:
Chief Justice,  Supreme Court of New York
1819-1823:
U.S. Secretary of the Navy
1823-1843:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Historical Society of the  New York Courts
Supreme Court Historical Society
Congressional Quarterly
Oyez
U.S. Navy
Wikipedia

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