Samuel Nelson
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 150 years ago |
Date of birth | November 10,1792 |
Zodiac sign | Scorpio |
Born | Hebron |
New York | |
United States | |
Died | Cooperstown |
New York | |
United States | |
Date of died | December 13,1873 |
Party | Democratic Party |
Previous position | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1845–1872) |
Children | Rensselaer Nelson |
Spouse | Catharine Russell |
Education | Middlebury College |
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ID | 4259376 |
Samuel Nelson Life story
Samuel Nelson was an American attorney and appointed as judge of New York State courts. He was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1872. He concurred on the 1857 Dred Scott decision, although for reasons different from Chief Justice Taney's.