Benjamin Robbins Curtis
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 150 years ago |
Date of birth | November 4,1809 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Watertown |
Massachusetts | |
United States | |
Date of died | September 15,1874 |
Died | Newport |
Rhode Island | |
United States | |
Nationality | American |
Appointed by | Millard Fillmore |
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ID | 935274 |
Benjamin Robbins Curtis Life story
Benjamin Robbins Curtis was an American attorney and United States Supreme Court Justice. Curtis was the first and only Whig justice of the Supreme Court. He was also the first Supreme Court justice to have a formal legal degree and is the only justice to have resigned from the court over a matter of principle.