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Smith Thompson

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1823

Smith Thompson , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Smith Thompson (January 17, 1768 – December 18, 1843) was a US Secretary of the Navy from 1819 to 1823 and a US Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1823 to his death.

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1823-09-01–1843-12-18

Education

College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)1788
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Career

Private practice, Troy, New York, 1792-1793; Private practice, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1793-1802; State assemblyman, New York, 1800; Delegate, New York constitutional convention, 1801; Justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1802-1818; chief justice, 1814-1818; Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1818-1823

Biography

Smith Thompson (January 17, 1768 – December 18, 1843) was a US Secretary of the Navy from 1819 to 1823 and a US Supreme Court Associate Justice from 1823 to his death.

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