OVERVIEW:

FULL NAME:
Jeremiah Sullivan Black

BORN:
January 10, 1810;
Stony Creek, Pennsylvania

DIED:
August 19, 1883 (age 73);
York, Pennsylvania

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democrat

HIGHLIGHTS:
1830:
Admitted to the bar in Pennsylvania 
1842:
Appointed Judge, Court of Common Pleas, 16th District of Pennsylvania 
1851:
Appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania 
1857-1860:
U.S. Attorney General
1860-1861:
U.S. Secretary of State 
2/5/1861:
Nominated to U.S. Supreme Court by President James Buchanan 
2/21/1861:
Motion to Proceed to Nomination Failed in Senate (25-26)
1861-1862:
U.S. Supreme Court Reporter of Decisions
1873:
Helped Revise Pennsylvania Constitution
1876:
Defended Democratic presidential candidate Samuel J. Tilden before electoral commission

RESOURCES:
Department of State
Department of Justice
Library of Congress
Wikipedia

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