Egbert Benson

Biography of Egbert Benson

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Benson
• First Name: Egbert
• Date of Birth: June , 21 , 1746
• Place of Birth (POB): New York , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Date of Death: August , 24 , 1833
• Place of Death (POD): Jamaica, Long Island , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Egbert Benson Court Service Information

• Court Name: United States Circuit Court for the Second Circuit
• Court Type: United States Circuit Court (1801)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: John Adams ( Federalist )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 02/18/1801
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 2 Stat. 89
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 02/20/1801
• Commission Date: 02/20/1801
• Date of Service as Chief Judge (begin): 1801
• Termination of Service as Chief Judge (Date): 1802
• Date of Termination: 07/01/1802
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Abolition of Court

Egbert Benson in the Law School

• Name of School: King's College (now Columbia University)
• Law Degree Year: 1765

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1769

Egbert Benson Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Red Hook, New York, 1772-1776
• Representative, New York Provincial Congress, 1776
• State assemblyman, New York, 1777-1781
• Attorney general, State of New York, 1777-1789
• Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
• U.S. representative from New York, 1789-1793, 1813-1815
• Associate justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1794-1801
• Private practice, New York City, 1802-1813, 1815-1833

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