Joseph Story

Biography of Joseph Story

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Story
• First Name: Joseph
• Date of Birth: September , 18 , 1779
• Place of Birth (POB): Marblehead , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
• Date of Death: September , 10 , 1845
• Place of Death (POD): Cambridge , Massachusetts (US-MA, MA, 25, Mass.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Joseph Story Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: James Madison ( Jeffersonian Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 11/15/1811
• Seat vacated by: Cushing , William
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 11/18/1811
• Commission Date: 11/18/1811
• Date of Termination: 09/10/1845
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Joseph Story in the Law School

• Name of School: Harvard College
• Law Degree Year: 1798

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1801

Joseph Story Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Salem, Massachusetts, 1801-1811
• State representative, Massachusetts, 1805-1807, 1811; speaker, 1811
• U.S. representative from Massachusetts, 1808-1809
• Professor of law, Harvard University, 1829-1845
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• First Circuit, March 14, 1812-September 10, 1845

Resources

Bibliographic references of Joseph Story

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