OVERVIEW:

BORN:
April 29, 1745:
Windsor, Connecticut 

DIED:
November 26, 1807 (Age 62);
Windsor, Connecticut 

EDUCATION:
Yale College
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), B.A., 1766
Read Law in Law Office, 1771

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS:
1771-1775:
Attorney in Private Practice; Windsor, CT
1773-1776:
CT State Representative 
1775-1784:
Attorney in Private practice; Hartford, CT 
1777-1785:
CT State’s Attorney, Hartford, CT 
1778-1783:
Delegate, Continental Congress 
1779:
Member, CT Council of Safety 
1780-1785:
Member, CT Governor’s Council 
1785-1789:
Judge, CT Superior Court
1787:
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention
1789-1796:
U.S. Senator from CT 
1796-1800:
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 
1799-1800:
Minister Plenipotentiary to France 
1801-1807:
Member, CT Governor’s Council 

RESOURCES:
Supreme Court Historical Society (SCHS)
Oyez
Biographical Directory of Congress
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly 
National Archives
Wikipedia
The Ellsworth Court (SCHS)