Levi Woodbury

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Levi Woodbury was a prominent 19th-century American statesman and jurist who served as a U.S. senator, governor of New Hampshire, Secretary of the Navy, Secretary of the Treasury, and later as an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.

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instanceOf American judge
American politician
United States Supreme Court justice
human
appointedBy James K. Polk
burialPlace Harmony Grove Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1789-12-22
dateOfDeath 1851-09-04
educatedAt Dartmouth College NERFINISHED
Tapping Reeve Law School NERFINISHED
endTime service as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: 1851
term as Governor of New Hampshire: 1824
term as U.S. Secretary of the Navy: 1834
term as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury: 1841
term as U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (first service): 1831
term as U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (second service): 1845
familyName Woodbury
givenName Levi
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party
Democratic-Republican Party
nominatedBy James K. Polk
notableFor service in all three branches of the U.S. federal government
occupation judge
lawyer
politician
placeOfBirth Francestown, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Portsmouth, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
positionHeld Associate Justices of the Supreme Court
surface form: Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Governor of New Hampshire
Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
Speaker of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
Secretary of the Navy
surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy

Secretary of the Treasury
surface form: United States Secretary of the Treasury

United States Senator from New Hampshire
religion Baptist
servedIn Cabinet of the United States
Supreme Court of the United States
United States Senate
sexOrGender male
startTime service as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court: 1845
term as Governor of New Hampshire: 1823
term as U.S. Secretary of the Navy: 1831
term as U.S. Secretary of the Treasury: 1834
term as U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (first service): 1825
term as U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (second service): 1841
stateRepresented New Hampshire
workLocation Concord, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Portsmouth, New Hampshire NERFINISHED
Washington, D.C.

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Litchfield Law School hasStudent Levi Woodbury