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Samuel Nelson
1792 - 1873
Area of ResidenceCooperstown, New York, United States
BiographySamuel Nelson was a judge of the sixth circuit (1823-1831); an associate justice of the state supreme court (1831-1837); chief justice of the state supreme court (1837-1845); and associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1845-1872). He was one of Cooperstown's most famous residents in the nineteenth century.Person TypeIndividual
b. 1945, Seneca (Haudenosaunee, Heron Clan)
American, 1790 - 1834
