Samuel Nelson (judge)
Samuel Nelson (born November 10, 1792 in Hebron , Washington County , New York ; † September 13, 1873 ) was an American judge, from 1845 to 1872 at the Supreme Court of the United States .
Life
Nelson studied at Middlebury College in Vermont and graduated there in 1813. He later worked as the owner of a successful law firm specializing primarily in real estate and commercial law. The political contacts established in this way led him to become the youngest delegate to the New York State Constituent Assembly in 1821. In 1823 he was elected to the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth District. In 1831 he was then a judge at the Supreme Court of New York State, from 1841 as Chief Justice . After US President John Tyler and numerous other candidates failed to fill a seat in the US Supreme Court, he appointed Nelson Supreme Court Justice in 1845.
Nelson wrote, among other things, a dissenting opinion on the judgment Dred Scott v. Sandford , which originally represented the majority opinion before the influence of politicians. In his justification, he avoided the politically explosive treatment of the question of slavery .
Web links
- Samuel Nelson in the database of Find a Grave (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bret Schulte, A Supreme History of Conflict , USNews of September 4, 2005 ( Memento of the original of February 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Nelson, Samuel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American lawyer, US Supreme Court judge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 10, 1792 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hebron , New York |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 13, 1873 |