Smith Thompson

Biography of Smith Thompson

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Thompson
• First Name: Smith
• Date of Birth: January , 17 , 1768
• Place of Birth (POB): Amenia , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Date of Death: December , 18 , 1843
• Place of Death (POD): Poughkeepsie , New York (US-NY, NY, 36, N.Y., N. York)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Smith Thompson Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: James Monroe ( Jeffersonian Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 12/05/1823
• Judicial Recess Appointment date: 09/01/1823
• Seat vacated by: Livingston , Henry Brockholst
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 12/09/1823
• Commission Date: 12/09/1823
• Date of Termination: 12/18/1843
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Smith Thompson in the Law School

• Name of School: College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
• Law Degree Year: 1788

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1792

Smith Thompson Career Path

Employment:

• Private practice, Troy, New York, 1792-1793
• Private practice, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1793-1802
• State assemblyman, New York, 1800
• Delegate, New York constitutional convention, 1801
• Justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1802-1818; chief justice, 1814-1818
• Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1818-1823
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Second Circuit, September 1, 1823-December 18, 1843

Resources

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