Smith Thompson
Personal
Birthday:
1/17/1768
Birthplace:
Amenia, NY
Date of Death:
12/18/1843
Place of Death:
Poughkeepsie, NY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Troy, New York, 1792-1793
Private practice, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1793-1802
State assemblyman, New York, 1800
Delegate, New York constitutional convention, 1801
Justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1802-1818; chief justice, 1814-1818
Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1818-1823
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree Year:
1788
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1792 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
James Monroe
Party Affiliation of President:
Jeffersonian Republican
Commission Date:
12/09/1823
Termination Date:
12/18/1843
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, September 1, 1823-December 18, 1843