Samuel Nelson

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Samuel Nelson was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1845 to 1872.


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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
human
jurist
lawyer
alternateName Justice Samuel Nelson
appointedBy John Tyler
barAdmission New York State Bar
burialPlace Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York, United States
child Rensselaer Russell Nelson
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1792-11-10
dateOfDeath 1873-12-13
educatedAt Middlebury College
endTime 1872 (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
ethnicGroup European American
fieldOfWork admiralty law
constitutional law
law
gender male
knownFor moderate and narrowly tailored judicial opinions
service on the U.S. Supreme Court during the mid-19th century
legalPhilosophy judicial restraint
memberOf Democratic Party (historical U.S.)
notableWork Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863)
Opinion in Cooley v. Board of Wardens (1852)
Opinion in The Genesee Chief v. Fitzhugh (1851)
occupation judge
lawyer
partOf Chase Court
Taney Court
placeOfBirth Hebron, Connecticut, United States
placeOfDeath Cooperstown, New York, United States
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Justice of the New York Supreme Court
precededInOfficeBy Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
religion Presbyterianism (commonly attributed)
residence Cooperstown, New York, United States
signature Signature of Samuel Nelson (image commonly used in historical records)
spouse Catharine Ann Russell
startTime 1845 (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
succeededInOfficeBy Ward Hunt (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)
workedIn New York, United States

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