OVERVIEW:

BORN:
May 21, 1755
New Hanover County, North Carolina

DIED:
October 15, 1810 (age 55)
Bladen County, North Carolina

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS: 
1775-1777:
Continental Army Officer, First North Carolina Regiment
1777-1782:
North Carolina Militia Colonel
1782-1798:
Practiced Law in Brunswick, North Carolina
1782:
North Carolina State Senator 
1782-1791:
Attorney General of North Carolina
1792:
Member, North Carolina House of Commons
1798:
Judge, North Carolina Superior Court,
1799-1804:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

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

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