Robert Cooper Grier
Personal
Birthday:
3/5/1794
Birthplace:
Cumberland County, PA
Date of Death:
9/25/1870
Place of Death:
Philadelphia, PA
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1817-1818
Private practice, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1818-1833
President judge, District Court of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania], 1833-1846
Education
Name of School:
Dickinson College
Degree:
B.A.
Degree Year:
1812
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1817 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
James K. Polk
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
08/04/1846
Termination Date:
01/31/1870
Termination Reason:
Retirement Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Third Circuit, August 15, 1846-January 31, 1870