Oliver Ellsworth

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Oliver Ellsworth was an American Founding Father, influential framer of the U.S. Constitution, and the third Chief Justice of the United States.

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instanceOf American Founding Father
Chief Justice of the United States
human
judge
lawyer
statesman
appointedBy George Washington
burialPlace Ellsworth Family Cemetery, Windsor, Connecticut
causeOfDeath infectious disease
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1745-04-29
dateOfDeath 1807-11-26
educatedAt College of New Jersey
Princeton University
familyName Ellsworth
givenName Oliver
honoredIn Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth, Maine
knownFor co-authoring the Judiciary Act of 1789
role in drafting the United States Constitution
service as third Chief Justice of the United States
memberOfPoliticalParty Federalists
surface form: Federalist Party
notableWork Judiciary Act of 1789
numberOfChildren 9
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
officeEnd 1800-12-15
officeStart 1796-03-08
participantIn American Revolutionary era politics
Constitutional Convention
surface form: Constitutional Convention of 1787
placeOfBirth British America
Windsor, Connecticut
surface form: Windsor, Connecticut Colony
placeOfDeath Windsor, Connecticut
surface form: Windsor, Connecticut, United States
positionHeld Chief Justice of the United States
Delegate to the Constitutional Convention
Delegate to the Continental Congress
Member of the Connecticut General Assembly
United States Senator
predecessor John Rutledge
religion Congregationalism
represented Connecticut
sexOrGender male
signature signature of Oliver Ellsworth
spouse Abigail Wolcott
successor John Marshall
workLocation Hartford, Connecticut, United States
surface form: Hartford, Connecticut

New York City, New York, United States of America
surface form: New York City, New York

Philadelphia
surface form: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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