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David Brearley

David Brearley

New Jersey District Court

Born 1741 in Trenton, NJ

Died 1790 in Trenton, NJ

FJC ID: 246

David Brearley Jr. (often misspelled as Brearly) (June 11, 1745 – August 16, 1790) was an American Founding Father, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, a delegate from New Jersey to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which drafted the United States Constitution, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Chief justice · 1779–1789
  2. Federal Constitutional Convention
    Delegate · 1787
  3. Continental Army
    1776–1779
  4. Private practice, Allentown, Pennsylvania, -
    1776

Appointments

  1. New Jersey District Court
    1789–1790 · Appointed by George Washington
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. Read law
  2. College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)