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Egbert Benson
Chief Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit · 1801
Egbert Benson , Chief Judge, U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit. Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and Founding Father who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1788 which ratified the United States Constitution.
Education
- King's College (now Columbia University)1765
- Read law1769
Career
Private practice, Red Hook, New York, 1772-1776; Representative, New York Provincial Congress, 1776; State assemblyman, New York, 1777-1781; Attorney general, State of New York, 1777-1789; Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787; U.S. representative from New York, 1789-1793, 1813-1815; Associate justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1794-1801; Private practice, New York City, 1802-1813, 1815-1833
Biography
Egbert Benson (June 21, 1746 – August 24, 1833) was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and Founding Father who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1788 which ratified the United States Constitution.
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