Benjamin R. Curtis
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Benjamin R. Curtis was a 19th-century American jurist best known as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court and for his notable dissent in the Dred Scott decision.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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human ⓘ jurist ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Millard Fillmore NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Mount Auburn Cemetery NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1809-11-04 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1874-09-15 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Harvard University
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surface form:
Harvard College
Harvard Law School ⓘ |
| endTime | 1857-09-30 ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | White American ⓘ |
| familyName | Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
commercial law
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constitutional law ⓘ |
| givenName | Benjamin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honoredFor | defense of constitutional limits on slavery in Dred Scott dissent ⓘ |
| knownFor | dissent in Dred Scott v. Sandford ⓘ |
| memberOf | Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | English ⓘ |
| notableCase | Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | Dissenting opinion in Dred Scott v. Sandford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
judge
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jurist ⓘ lawyer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Watertown, Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath | Newport, Rhode Island NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ |
| practicedLawIn | Massachusetts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reasonForResignation | disagreement with the Court and workload concerns ⓘ |
| religion | Unitarian ⓘ |
| replaced | Levi Woodbury NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Nathan Clifford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resignedFrom | Supreme Court of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | George Ticknor Curtis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | 1851-09-22 ⓘ |
| termEndAsAssociateJustice | 1857 ⓘ |
| termStartAsAssociateJustice | 1851 ⓘ |
| workedAs | practicing attorney in Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| wrote | legal opinions of the U.S. Supreme Court ⓘ |
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Benjamin Robbins Curtis