Oliver Ellsworth

Judge 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