BENJAMIN R. CURTIS

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FULL NAME:
Benjamin Robbins Curtis 

BORN:
November 4, 1809
Watertown, Massachusetts

DIED:
September 15, 1874 (aged 64)
Newport, Rhode Island

EDUCATION:
Harvard University (BA, LLB)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1831-1834:
Practiced Law in Northfield, Massachusetts 
1834-1851:
Practiced Law in Boston, Massachusetts 
1851-1857:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 
1857-1874:
Practiced Law in Boston, Massachusetts 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Memoir of Benjamin Robbins Curtis (1879)
Wikipedia

PORTRAIT:

Artist: C. Gregory Stapko (Supreme Court Collection)