James Wilson
Personal
Birthday:
9/14/1742
Birthplace:
Carskerdo, Scotland
Date of Death:
8/21/1798
Place of Death:
Edenton, NC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1768-1770
Private practice, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1770-1774
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1777, 1783, 1785-1787
Businessman, land speculator and legal advisor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1777-1787
Avocat g??ral for maritime and commercial causes, appointed by French government, 1779-1783
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
Professor of law, College of Philadelphia, 1789
Drafter, Pennsylvania Constitution, 1790
Education
Name of School:
University of St. Andrews
Name of School - Second:
University of Glasgow
Name of School - Third:
University of Edinburgh
Name of School - Fourth:
Read law
Degree Year - Fourth:
1767 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
09/29/1789
Termination Date:
08/21/1798
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Middle Circuit, Spring 1790-Spring 1792, Spring 1793, Spring 1794, Spring 1795-Fall 1796
Eastern Circuit, Fall 1792-Spring 1794
Southern Circuit, Fall 1794, Fall 1797