Paterson, William, 1745-1806
Name Entries
person
Paterson, William, 1745-1806
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Paterson, William, 1745-1806
Paterson, William (judge)
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Paterson, William (judge)
One of the class of 1745-1806
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
One of the class of 1745-1806
One of the class of 1763, 1745-1806
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
One of the class of 1763, 1745-1806
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
Patterson immigrated from Ireland as a child, and practiced law from 1769. He was attorney general of New Jersey (1776-1783), a member of the Constitutional Convention (1787), and associate justice of the Supreme Court (1793-1806).
William Paterson (1745-1806), was a prominent New Jersey attorney, senator (1789), and governor (1791) who became an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1793).
Governor of New Jersey and U.S. senator and supreme court justice.
Paterson was a member of the Constitutional Convention and a signer; also governor of New Jersey, Associate Justice on Supreme Court.
Paterson was a signer of the U.S. Constitution, Governor of New Jersey, 1790-1793, and an Associate Justice of the United State Supreme Court, 1793-1806.
William Paterson (1745-1806) served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1793 to 1806. He had previously served as Governor of New Jersey from 1790-1793, U.S. Senator from New Jersey from 1789-1790, and a delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787, where he was one of the original signers of the U.S. Constitution.
Born in Ireland in 1745, William Paterson's parents brought him to America a few years later. There he grew up in Princeton and attended the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). He was admitted to the New Jersey Bar in 1769 and went into private practice in Raritan, New Jersey. He later served as secretary to New Jersey's Provincial Congress before being named Attorney General in 1776, a position to which he served until 1783. Between 1780 and 1781 he served as a member of the Continental Congress. He was elected to the U.S. Senate from 1789-1790 and then became Governor of New Jersey until 1793. In 1793 he was appointed Justice of the United States Supreme Court until his death in 1806.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/35892277
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q729054
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85173342
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n85173342
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
fre
Zyyy
eng
Zyyy
Subjects
Councils and synods, Provincial New Jersey
Court records
Discoveries in geography
Explorers
Judges
Maritime law
Lawyers
Practice of law
Speeches, addresses, etc., American
Nationalities
Activities
Occupations
Governors
Judges
Judges
Lawyers
Lawyers
Legislators
Legislators
Legal Statuses
Places
Perth Amboy (N.J.)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey--New Brunswick
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey--New Brunswick
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
United States
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey--Princeton
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey--Princeton
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New Jersey
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
New York (State)
as recorded (not vetted)
AssociatedPlace
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>