Samuel Nelson

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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States human jurist lawyer

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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Samuel Nelson canonical 15

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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: New York, United States

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Nelson → hasNotableBearer → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Smith Thompson → succeededBy → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863) → author → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Dissent in the Prize Cases (1863) → hasJustice → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Smith Thompson (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) → succeededInOfficeAsAssociateJusticeBy → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
subject surface form: Smith Thompson
Ward Hunt (as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court) → precededBy → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
subject surface form: Ward Hunt
Taney Court → hasAssociateJustice → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Chase Court → member → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York, United States → hasNotableBurial → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Lakewood Cemetery, Cooperstown, New York, United States → hasGraveOf → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Catharine Ann Russell → spouse → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Catharine Ann Russell → relative → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Catharine Ann Russell → spouseName → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Rensselaer Russell Nelson → father → Samuel Nelson ⓘ
Rensselaer Russell Nelson → studiedLawUnder → Samuel Nelson ⓘ