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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jeremiah_SJeremiah S. Black - Wikipedia

    Jeremiah Sullivan Black (January 10, 1810 – August 19, 1883) was an American statesman and lawyer. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1851–1857) and as the Court's Chief Justice (1851–1854).

  2. www.britannica.com › biography › Jeremiah-Sullivan-BlackJeremiah Sullivan Black | Civil War, Reconstruction, Diplomacy

    Jeremiah Sullivan Black (born Jan. 10, 1810, Stony Creek, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1883, Brockie, Pa.) was a U.S. attorney general during Pres. James Buchanan’s administration who counseled a firm stand by the federal government against secession.

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  4. history.state.gov › people › black-jeremiah-sullivanJeremiah Sullivan Black - People - Department History ...

    Jeremiah Sullivan Black, 23rd Secretary of State. Rise to Prominence. Black was born in Somerset County, Pennsylvania in 1810. He attended public schools and studied law in the office of Chauncey Forward, a renowned lawyer in western Pennsylvania.

  5. millercenter.org › president › buchananJeremiah S. Black (1860–1861) | Miller Center

    Jeremiah Sullivan Black was born in 1810 near Stony Creek, Pennsylvania. He studied the law, was admitted to the state bar in 1830, and then began serving as deputy attorney general for Somerset County. In 1842, Black was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas.

  6. www.encyclopedia.com › black-jeremiah-s-1810-1883Black, Jeremiah S. (1810–1883) | Encyclopedia.com

    Jeremiah S. Black served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1851–1857), as U.S. Attorney General (1857–1860), U.S. Secretary of State (1860–1861), and U.S. Supreme Court reporter (1861–1862).

  7. www.loc.gov › item › mm79012849Jeremiah S. Black papers, | Library of Congress

    Jeremiah S. Black papers. Correspondence, legal files, speeches, writings, scrapbooks, family papers, and other papers relating primarily to various legal matters in which Black was involved. Topics include the slavery debate in Kansas, John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry (1859), Reconstruction, the trial of Jefferson Davis (1866), Black's ...

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    BIOGRAPHY OF JEREMIAH SULLIVAN BLACK. Jeremiah Sullivan Black was born on January 10, 1810 in Stony Township, Somerset County, Pennsylvania, the son of Henry Black and Mary Sullivan. Black studied law in the office of Chauncey Forward, a renowned lawyer in Somerset. He later married Chauncey Forward’s oldest child, Mary.