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Birth of Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellswoth was born to Capt. David and Jemima Ellsworth in Windsor, CT on April 26, 1745 -
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The life of Oiver Ellsworth
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Gradurated from Yale college and Princeton college
Oliver attended Yale collge (now known as Yale university) then transfered to Princeton college in 1766 -
Married Abigail Wolcott
Ellsowrth married Abigail in the year 1772 -
Became a lawyer
In 1773 Oliver quickly became one of the most powerful political figures and succesful laywers in Connecticut -
Became Connecticut's state attorney
In 1777, Oliver became Connecticut's state attorney for Hartford County -
Joined the Committee of Appeals
Joined the Commitee of Appeals. (can be described as a forerunner of the Federal Supreme Court) -
End of his six annual terms in the Continental Congress
Ellsworth resigned from the Continental Congress -
Judiciary Act of 1789
Ellsworth was the principle author of the Judiciary Act of 1789 which shaped the Supreme Court -
Chief justice of the United States
President George Washington nominated Ellsworth as Chief Justice of the United States -
Death
Oliver Ellsworth died in Windsor, Ct on November 26, 1807