Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Biography of Benjamin Robbins Curtis

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Curtis
• First Name: Benjamin
• Middle Name: Robbins
• Date of Birth: November , 4 , 1809
• Place of Birth (POB): Watertown , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
• Date of Death: September , 15 , 1874
• Place of Death (POD): Newport , Rhode Island (US-RI, RI, 44, R.I., R. Isl)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Benjamin Robbins Curtis Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Millard Fillmore ( Whig )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/11/1851
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 09/22/1851
• Seat vacated by: Woodbury , Levi
• Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 12/12/1851
• Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
• Committee action date: 12/20/1851
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/20/1851
• Commission Date: 12/20/1851
• Date of Termination: 09/30/1857
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Resignation

Benjamin Robbins Curtis in the Law School

• Name of School: Harvard University
• Degree: Bachelor of Arts (A.B.)
• Law Degree Year: 1829

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Harvard Law School

Benjamin Robbins Curtis Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Northfield, Massachusetts, 1831-1834
• Private practice, Boston, Massachusetts, 1834-1851, 1857-1874
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• First Circuit, October 10, 1851-September 30, 1857

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