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Gunning Bedford Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware · 1789
Gunning Bedford Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747 – March 30, 1812) was an American Founding Father, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (Continental Congress), Attorney General of Delaware, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 which drafted the United States Constitution, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1771
- Read law1779
Career
Private practice, Delaware 1779-1783; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1783-1785; Attorney general, State of Delaware, 1784-1789; Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787; Member, Delaware Legislative Council, 1788
Biography
Gunning Bedford Jr. (1747 – March 30, 1812) was an American Founding Father, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation (Continental Congress), Attorney General of Delaware, a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787 which drafted the United States Constitution, a signer of the United States Constitution, and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
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