Jeremiah S. Black

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Jeremiah S. Black

Jeremiah Sullivan Black (born January 10, 1810 in Stony Creek , Pennsylvania , † August 19, 1883 in Brockie , Pennsylvania) was an American lawyer and politician .

Black was one of the leading lawyers in the United States. From 1851 to 1857 he was a member of the Supreme Court (Supreme Court) of Pennsylvania and its head. When President James Buchanan took office , he was a United States Attorney General in his cabinet . He became Secretary of State on December 17, 1860, succeeding Lewis Cass . He remained in this office until March 5, 1861, when he was succeeded by William H. Seward .

President Buchanan proposed him for a seat on the United States Supreme Court , but the Senate rejected him. He was the son of Congressman Henry Black (1783-1841) and father of Chauncey Forward Black (1839-1904), who was Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania between 1883 and 1887 .

literature

  • Edward S. Mihalkanin: Jeremiah S. Black. In: Derselbe (Ed.): American Statesmen: Secretaries of State from John Jay to Colin Powell . Greenwood Publishing 2004, ISBN 978-0-313-30828-4 , pp. 58-60.

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personal data
SURNAME Black, Jeremiah S.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Black, Jeremiah Sullivan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American lawyer, politician and secretary of state
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Stony Creek , Pennsylvania
DATE OF DEATH August 19, 1883
Place of death Brockie , Pennsylvania