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.

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
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
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard Law School
endTime 1857-09-30
ethnicGroup White American
familyName Curtis NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork commercial law
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
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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