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Joseph Story
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1811
Joseph Story , Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and United States v. The Amistad, and especially for his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first published in 1833.
Education
- Harvard College1798
- Read law1801
Career
Private practice, Salem, Massachusetts, 1801-1811; State representative, Massachusetts, 1805-1807, 1811; speaker, 1811; U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1808-1809; Professor of law, Harvard University, 1829-1845
Biography
Joseph Story (September 18, 1779 – September 10, 1845) was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and United States v. The Amistad, and especially for his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first published in 1833.
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