Henry Marchant

Henry Marchant

Henry Marchant (born April 9, 1741 on Martha's Vineyard , Province of Massachusetts Bay , † August 30, 1796 in Newport , Rhode Island ) was an American lawyer, judge and politician.

Career

Marchant attended school in Newport. He then graduated from Philadelphia College (now the University of Pennsylvania ) in 1762 . He then studied law , was admitted to the bar in 1767 and then practiced in Newport. He held the position of Attorney General of Rhode Island from 1771 to 1777 . After that he was a delegate of the Continental Congress from 1777 to 1779 . During this time he also signed the Articles of Confederation . In 1789 he was a delegate at the Rhode Island State Convention for the adoption of the US Constitution . He then served as a judge in the federal district court for the district of Rhode Island from 1790 to 1796 . He died in Newport in 1796 and was buried on the Common Burial Ground .

Henry Marchant's farm was in South Kingstown , Rhode Island.

Memorable judgments

• West v. Barnes (1791), the first case to be appealed to the US Supreme Court

literature

• David S. Lovejoy: Henry Marchant and the Mistress of the World . In: The William and Mary Quarterly . Third Series , Volume 12, Issue 3, July 1955, pp. 375-398.

Web links

• Henry Marchant in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)