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William Rossell

William Rossell

New Jersey District Court

Born 1760 in Mount Holly, NJ

Died 1840 in Mount Holly, NJ

FJC ID: 2061

William Rossell (October 25, 1760 – June 20, 1840) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Burlington County [New Jersey] Court of Common Pleas
    Judge · 1796–present
  2. Monmouth County, New Jersey
    Farmer and millwright · 1801–present
  3. Supreme Court of New Jersey
    Justice · 1804–1826
  4. Mount Holly, New Jersey, ca.
    Farmer · 1783–1801
  5. Burlington County, New Jersey
    Justice of the peace · 1795–1796
  6. Continental Army sergeant

Appointments

  1. New Jersey District Court
    1826–1840 · Appointed by John Quincy Adams (Jeffersonian Republican)
    Term ended: Death