OVERVIEW:

BORN:
June 14, 1810
Utica, New York

DIED:
March 24, 1886
Washington, DC

EDUCATION:
Litchfield (Tapping Reeve) Law School
Union College (BA, 1828)
Read Law (1831)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1832-1865:
Practiced Law in Utica, New York
1838:
Member of the New York State Assembly
1844:
Mayor of Utica, New York
1865-1869:
Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
1868-1869:
Chief Judge, New York State Court of Appeals
1869-1872:
Commissioner of Appeals for the State of New York 
1872-1882:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court

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

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