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William Sanford Pennington
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey · 1816
William Sanford Pennington , Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. William Sanford Pennington (1757 – September 17, 1826) was a United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the sixth governor of New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Education
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Career
Private practice, Newark, New Jersey, 1802-1816; County clerk, Essex County, New Jersey, 1803; U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey, 1803-1804; Associate justice, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1804-1813; Reporter, Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1806-1813; Governor, New Jersey, 1813-1815
Biography
William Sanford Pennington (1757 – September 17, 1826) was a United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, an associate justice of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, the sixth governor of New Jersey and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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