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

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