Egbert Benson
Personal
Birthday:
6/21/1746
Birthplace:
New York, NY
Date of Death:
8/24/1833
Place of Death:
Jamaica, Long Island, NY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Red Hook, New York, 1772-1776
Representative, New York Provincial Congress, 1776
State assemblyman, New York, 1777-1781
Attorney general, State of New York, 1777-1789
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
U.S. representative from New York, 1789-1793, 1813-1815
Associate justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1794-1801
Private practice, New York City, 1802-1813, 1815-1833
Education
Name of School:
King`s College (now Columbia University)
Degree Year:
1765
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1769 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit
President Nominating:
John Adams
Party Affiliation of President:
Federalist
Commission Date:
02/20/1801
Termination Date:
07/01/1802
Termination Reason:
Abolition of Court