Samuel Nelson | |
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
In office February 27, 1845 – November 28, 1872[1] | |
Nominated by | John Tyler |
Preceded by | Smith Thompson |
Succeeded by | Ward Hunt |
Personal details | |
Born | Hebron, New York, U.S. | November 10, 1792
Died | December 13, 1873 (aged 81) Cooperstown, New York, U.S. |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouses | Pamela Woods
(m. 1819; died 1825)Catherine Russell
(m. 1825) |
Children | 8, including Rensselaer |
Education | Middlebury College (BA) |
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Samuel Nelson (November 10, 1792 – December 13, 1873)[2] was an American attorney and appointed as judge of New York State courts. He was appointed as a Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving from 1845 to 1872.[3] He concurred on the 1857 Dred Scott decision, although for reasons different from Chief Justice Taney's.
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