Robert Cooper Grier

Biography of Robert Cooper Grier

Family Name (Surname): Grier
First Name: Robert
Middle Name: Cooper
Date of Birth: March , 5 , 1794
Place of Birth (POB): Cumberland County , Pennsylvania (US-PA, PA, 42, Pa., Penn., Penna.)
Date of Death: September , 25 , 1870
Place of Death (POD): Philadelphia , Pennsylvania (US-PA, PA, 42, Pa., Penn., Penna.)
Gender Identity: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White

Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
Appointment under the Presidency of: James K. Polk ( Democratic )
Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 08/03/1846
Seat vacated by: Baldwin , Henry
Referral of Nominations to Judiciary Committee Date: 08/03/1846
Committee action: Reported Without Recommendation
Committee action date: 08/04/1846
Senate voice vote?: Yes
Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 08/04/1846
Commission Date: 08/04/1846
Date of Termination: 01/31/1870
Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Retirement

Private practice, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1817-1818
Private practice, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1818-1833
President judge, District Court of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania], 1833-1846

Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Third Circuit, August 15, 1846-January 31, 1870