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Oliver Ellsworth

Born: 29-Apr-1745
Birthplace: Windsor, CT
Died: 26-Nov-1807
Location of death: Windsor, CT
Cause of death: unspecified
Remains: Buried, Palisado Cemetery, Windsor, CT

Gender: Male
Religion: Congregationalist
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge, Politician

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Chief Justice, 1796-1800

Father: David Ellsworth
Mother: Jemima Leavitt
Wife: Abigail Wolcott (m. 10-Dec-1772, nine children)
Son: William Wolcott Ellsworth
Son: Henry Leavitt Ellsworth

    University: Yale University (transferred)
    University: AB, Princeton University (1766)

    US Supreme Court Justice Chief Justice (8-Mar-1796 to 15-Dec-1800, resigned)
    US State Department Envoy Extraordinary to France (1799-1801)
    US Senator, Connecticut (4-Mar-1789 to 8-Mar-1796, resigned)
    Connecticut State Official Judge, Connecticut Superior Court (1785-89)
    Delegate to the Continental Congress (1778-83)
    Connecticut State House of Representatives (1773-76)


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