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Senate Years of Service: 1789-1796 Party: Pro-Administration; Federalist
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ELLSWORTH, Oliver, (father of William Wolcott Ellsworth),
a Delegate and a Senator from Connecticut; born in Windsor, Conn.,
April 29, 1745; pursued preparatory studies; attended Yale College and
graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1766;
studied law; admitted to the bar in 1771 and commenced practice in Windsor;
moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1775; member, State general assembly 1773-1776;
appointed State attorney in 1777; Member of the Continental Congress 1778-1783;
from 1780 to 1785 was a member of the Governors council; judge of the
Connecticut Superior Court 1785-1789; delegate to the convention that framed
the federal Constitution in 1787; elected to the United States Senate;
reelected and served from March 4, 1789, to March 8, 1796, when he resigned to
accept a judicial appointment; appointed Chief Justice of the United States
Supreme Court in 1796 and served until 1800 when he retired; appointed Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to France to negotiate a treaty
1799; returned to the United States in 1801; again a member of the Governors
council 1801-1807; died in Windsor, Conn., November 26, 1807; interment in the
Old Cemetery.
BibliographyDictionary of American Biography; Casto, William
R.
Oliver Ellsworth and the Creation of the Federal Republic. New
York: Second Circuit Committee on History and Commemorative Events, 1997;
Lettieri, Ronald John.
Connecticuts Young Man of the Revolution: Oliver Ellsworth.
Hartford: American Revolution Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1978.
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