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John Pickering

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire · 1795

John Pickering , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. John Pickering (September 22, 1737 – April 11, 1805) was President of New Hampshire, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

Education

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  • Harvard College1761

Career

Private practice, Greenland, New Hampshire; Private practice, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, -1783, 1788-1790; Delegate, New Hampshire constitutional conventions, 1781-1783, 1791-1792; State representative, New Hampshire, 1783-1787; Member, New Hampshire convention to ratify U.S. Constitution, 1788; State senator and member of Executive Council, -1790; President (governor), New Hampshire, 1790; Chief justice, New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature, 1790-1795

Biography

John Pickering (September 22, 1737 – April 11, 1805) was President of New Hampshire, Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Superior Court of Judicature and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Hampshire.

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