Oliver Ellsworth
Personal
Birthday:
4/29/1745
Birthplace:
Windsor, CT
Date of Death:
11/26/1807
Place of Death:
Windsor, CT
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Windsor, Connecticut, 1771-1775
State representative, Connecticut, 1773-1775
Private practice, Hartford, Connecticut, 1775-1784
State`s attorney, Hartford, Connecticut, 1777-1785
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1778-1783
Member, Connecticut Council of Safety, 1779
Member, Connecticut Governor`s Council, 1784-1785, 1801-1807
Judge, Connecticut Superior Court, 1784-1789
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
U.S. senator from Connecticut, 1789-1796
Minister plenipotentiary to France, U.S. Department of State, 1799-1800
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1766
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1771 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
George Washington
Commission Date:
03/04/1796
Termination Date:
09/30/1800
Termination Reason:
Resignation Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Southern Circuit, Spring 1796, Spring 1799
Eastern Circuit, Spring 1797, Spring 1798-Fall 1798, Fall 1799