Egbert Benson

Judge 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