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Egbert Benson

Egbert Benson

Born 1746 in New York, NY

Died 1833 in Jamaica, Long Island, NY

FJC ID: 158

Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and Founding Father who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1788 which ratified the United States Constitution. He also served as the first attorney general of New York, chief justice of the New York Supreme Court, and as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States circuit court for the second circuit.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Private practice, New York City
    1802–1813, 1815–1833
  2. U.S. representative from New York
    1789–1793, 1813–1815
  3. Supreme Court of Judicature of New York
    Associate justice · 1794–1801
  4. State of New York
    Attorney general · 1777–1789
  5. Federal Constitutional Convention
    Delegate · 1787
  6. New York
    New York
    State assemblyman · 1777–1781
  7. Private practice, Red Hook, New York
    1772–1776
  8. New York Provincial Congress
    Representative · 1776

Appointments

  1. Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    Second Circuit Court of Appeals
    1801–1802
    Term ended: abolished
  2. U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit
    1801–1802 · Appointed by John Adams (Federalist)
    Term ended: Abolition of Court

Education

  1. Read law
    1769
  2. King's College (now Columbia University)
    1765