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Apr 25, 2024 · Oliver Ellsworth was an American statesman and jurist, chief author of the 1789 act establishing the U.S. federal court system. He was the third chief justice of the United States. (Read Britannica’s biography of this author, President John Kennedy.)
Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States senator from Connecticut, and the third chief justice of the United States.
Apr 29, 2024 · On the anniversary of Oliver Ellsworth’s birth, Constitution Daily looks back an important founder who helped forge a compromise that led to the Constitution and later played important roles in the early Senate and Supreme Court.
Oliver Ellsworth, (born April 29, 1745, Windsor, Conn.—died Nov. 26, 1807, Windsor), U.S. politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served in the Continental Congress (1777–83) and coauthored the Connecticut Compromise (1787), which resolved the issue of representation in Congress.
Oliver Ellsworth: A Featured Biography. One of the most influential senators of the First Federal Congress, Oliver Ellsworth was the principal author of the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the federal judiciary and shaped the Supreme Court.
May 21, 2018 · Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) was the second chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as a senator in the newly formed Congress.
Mar 19, 2024 · Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) was the third chief justice of the United States. He was appointed by President George Washington and served from 1796 to 1800. Ellsworth, from Connecticut, attended Yale and the College of New Jersey (today’s Princeton) and read law before becoming an attorney.
Dec 13, 2017 · As a member of the Committee of the Pay Table, Oliver Ellsworth was one of the five men who supervised Connecticut's war expenditures. In 1779 he assumed greater duties as a member of the council of safety, which, with the governor, controlled all military measures for the state.
Oliver Ellsworth played a key role in the creation of the United States Constitution in 1787 and the establishment of a national judiciary during the Constitution's first decade. Born into a well-established Connecticut family, he entered Yale in 1762, but left after two years to attend the College of New Jersey (Princeton) where he was ...
Ellsworth again served on the Connecticut Governor’s Council after his retirement from the Court. He died on November 26, 1807 in his hometown in Connecticut. Read about how U.S. Supreme Court Justice Oliver Ellsworth got to the Court, including his education, career, and confirmation process.
