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Samuel Nelson

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Gender Male
Death150 years ago
Date of birth November 10,1792
Zodiac sign Scorpio
Born Hebron
New York
United States
DiedCooperstown
New York
United States
Date of died December 13,1873
Party Democratic Party
Previous positionAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1845–1872)
Children Rensselaer Nelson
Spouse Catharine Russell
Education Middlebury College
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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.

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