Richard Varick
1753-1831 Attorney General of New York, 1788-1789 Richard Varick was born at Hackensack, New Jersey, on March 25, 1753. Privately educated, he studied law … More Richard Varick »
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Aaron Burr
1756-1836 Attorney General of New York, 1789-1791 Aaron Burr was born in Newark, New Jersey, on February 6, 1756. He was educated privately, then … More Aaron Burr »
Nathaniel Lawrence
1761-1797 Attorney General of New York, 1792-1797 Nathaniel Lawrence was born on July 11, 1761 in Newtown, Queens County, New York. He abandoned his … More Nathaniel Lawrence »
Ambrose Spencer
1765-1848 Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1804-1819 Chief Justice, 1819-1823 Justice Ambrose Spencer was born in Salisbury, Connecticut on … More Ambrose Spencer »
Andrew Hamilton
c. 1676-1741 Andrew Hamilton was born in Scotland around 1676 and is believed to have been educated at St. Andrew’s University in Fife. About … More Andrew Hamilton »
William Nicoll
1657-1723 William Nicoll was born in the village of Islip, Northamptonshire, England in 1657 and arrived in New Netherland/New York with his father, Matthias … More William Nicoll »
William Livingston
William Livingston was born on November 30, 1723 in Albany, New York. He belonged to a wealthy family and his early education was provided … More William Livingston »
John Morin Scott
1730-1784 John Morin Scott was born in New York City in 1730 and graduated from Yale in 1746. He studied law in the office … More John Morin Scott »
John Tuder
c. 1649-1708 John Tuder (also spelled Tudor) was born in England around 1649 and appears to have emigrated to Barbados around 1670, moved to … More John Tuder »
William Tangier Smith
1655-1705 Justice and Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court of Judicature, 1691-1703 [intermittent] Col. William Smith, known as “Tangier” Smith, was born … More William Tangier Smith »