Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Personal

Birthday: 
11/4/1809
Birthplace: 
Watertown, MA
Date of Death: 
9/15/1874
Place of Death: 
Newport, RI
Race or Ethnicity: 
White
Gender: 
Male
Prior Employment: 

Private practice, Northfield, Massachusetts, 1831-1834
Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1834-1851, 1857-1874

Education

Name of School: 
Harvard University
Degree: 
A.B.
Degree Year: 
1829
Name of School - Second: 

Harvard Law School

The world's premier center for legal education and research, Harvard Law School provides unparalleled opportunities to study law and related disciplines in an energetic and creative learning environment. A Harvard Law education prepares students for success in law practice, business, public service, and teaching. Through its faculty, students, and alumni, Harvard Law School is able to contribute solutions to the world's most complex legal and social challenges.

Judicial Career

Court Name: 
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name: 

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating: 
Millard Fillmore
Party Affiliation of President: 
Whig
Commission Date: 
12/20/1851
Termination Date: 
09/30/1857
Termination Reason: 
Resignation
Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services: 

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
First Circuit, October 10, 1851-September 30, 1857