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William Paterson
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1793
William Paterson , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. William Paterson was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States.
Education
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1763
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)M.A., 1766
- Read law1768
Career
Private practice, New Bromley, New Jersey, 1769-1772; Private practice, Princeton and Somerset County, New Jersey, 1772-1776; Assistant secretary and secretary, New Jersey Provincial Congress, 1775, 1776; Delegate, New Jersey constitutional convention, 1776; Member, New Jersey Legislative Council, 1776-1777; Somerset County [New Jersey] Battalion of Minutemen officer, 1777; Member, New Jersey Council of Safety, 1777; Attorney general, State of New Jersey, 1776-1783; Private practice, New Brunswick, New Jersey, 1783-1789; Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. senator from New Jersey, 1789-1790; Governor and chancellor, New Jersey, 1790-1793
Biography
William Paterson was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States.
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