Smith Thompson
1768-1843 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court, 1802-1814 Chief Justice of New York, 1814-1818 Born on January 17, 1768 in Stanford, Dutchess … More Smith Thompson »
Era Category: Revolution & The Emerging State
John Jay
1745-1829 Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1777-1778 John Jay was born on December 12, 1745, in New York City, … More John Jay »
John Sloss Hobart
1738-1805 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1777-1798 John Sloss Hobart was born on May 6, 1738, in Fairfield, Connecticut. … More John Sloss Hobart »
Robert Yates
1738-1801 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1777-1790 Chief Justice, 1790-1798 Robert Yates was born on January 27, 1738 in … More Robert Yates »
Cadwallader David Colden
1769-1834 Cadwallader David Colden was born at Spring Hill on Long Island, New York, on April 4, 1769, the grandson of Cadwallader Colden, royal … More Cadwallader David Colden »
Alexander Hamilton
1757-1804 Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11, 1757 (or perhaps 1755), in Charlestown on the island of Nevis, British West Indies. His early … More Alexander Hamilton »
William Sampson
1764-1836 Born on January 26, 1764 to a wealthy Anglican family in Londonderry, Ireland, William Sampson attended Trinity College Dublin and studied law at … More William Sampson »
William H. Seward
1801-1872 William Henry Seward was born in Florida, New York on May 16, 1801. He was educated at the Farmers’ Hall Academy in Goshen, … More William H. Seward »
John Van Ness Yates
1779-1839 John Van Ness Yates was born on December 18, 1779 in Albany, New York, the son of Robert Yates, later Chief Judge of … More John Van Ness Yates »
Samuel Young
1779-1850 Samuel Young, born in 1779 in Lenox, MA, moved with his family to Saratoga County, New York as a young child. He worked … More Samuel Young »