OVERVIEW:
BORN:
November 10, 1792
Hebron. New York
DIED:
December 13, 1873
Cooperstown, New York
EDUCATION:
Middlebury College (1813)
Read Law (1817)
HIGHLIGHTS:
1820-1823:
Postmaster in Cortland, New York
1823-1831
Judge, New York State Circuit Court, Sixth Judicial Circuit
1831-1836:
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of New York
1837-1845:
Chief Justice. Supreme Court of New York
1845:
Candidate for U.S. Senate from New York
1845-1872:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court
SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Historical Society of the New York Courts
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia
OBITUARY:
New York Times