William Paterson (1745 - 1806)

Born 24 Dec 1745 in County Antrim, Ireland

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Died 9 Sep 1806 at age 60 in Albany, New York, United States

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Preceded by Associate Justice Thomas Johnson Preceded by Acting Governor Elisha Lawrence Preceded by US Constitution Ratified March 4, 1789

William Paterson Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court 1793—1806 2nd Governor of New Jersey 1790—1793 US Senator (Class 2) from New Jersey 1789—1790

Succeeded by Associate Justice Henry Brockholst Livingston Succeeded by Acting Governor Thomas Henderson Succeeded by Philemon Dickinson

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Biography

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William Paterson served with American Founding Fathers during the American Revolution.

William Paterson, a Delegate and a Senator from New Jersey; born in County Antrim, Ireland, December 24, 1745; immigrated to the United States in 1747 with his parents, who settled in New Castle, Pa. Moved about through the colonies before settling in Princeton, N.J., in 1750; attended private schools; graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1763.

He studied law; admitted to the bar in 1768 and commenced practice in New Bromley, N.J., in 1769; delegate and secretary to the Provincial Congress 1775-1776; member, State legislative council 1776-1777; delegate to the State constitutional convention in 1776; attorney general of New Jersey 1776-1783.

When he resigned; moved to Raritan, N.J., in 1779; he was elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1780, but declined, owing to his duties as attorney general. Moved to New Brunswick, N.J., in 1783 and was delegate to the Federal Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in 1787 and one of the signers of the Constitution; again elected as a Delegate to the Continental Congress in 1787, but declined.

He was then elected to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1789, to November 13, 1790, when he resigned, having been elected Governor of New Jersey; reelected Governor and served until 1793, when he resigned to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States and served until his death in Albany, N.Y., September 9, 1806. He was buried in the Van Rensselaer Manor House vault, near Albany, N.Y. The manor house was destroyed around 1900; reinterred in Van Rensselaer lot, Albany Rural Cemetery, Albany, N.Y.^[1][2]

Sources

1. ↑ Dictionary of American Biography; Haskett, Richard. “William Paterson, Counsellor at Law.” Ph.D. dissertation, Princeton University, 1952; O’Connor, John E. William Paterson: Lawyer and Statesman. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 1979.
2. ↑ "William Paterson." Bio. A&E Television Networks, 2015. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

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