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William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States.
William Paterson was an Irish-born American jurist, one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. senator (1789–90), and governor of New Jersey (1790–93). He also served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1793 to 1806. Paterson immigrated to America with his family in 1747.
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Statesman, judge and signer of the U.S. Constitution. Born: December 24, 1745, County Antrim, Ireland. Died: September 9, 1806, Albany, New York. New Jersey Hall of Fame, Class of 2021: Public Service.
Dec 19, 2019 · After the ratification of the United States Constitution, Paterson was elected as the first U.S. Senator for the State of New Jersey, a job he held for only a year. When he was elected Governor of New Jersey, Paterson became the first person to ever resign from the U.S. Senate.
William Paterson is credited as a signer of the Constitution of the United States of America, an Associate Justice of US Supreme Court and a New Jersey statesman. In 1770, he became the second governor of New Jersey.
Paterson was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and, as a Senator in the First Federal Congress, he helped to draft the Judiciary Act of 1789, which established the federal court system. He left the Senate in 1790 to become Governor and Chancellor of New Jersey.
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Justice William Paterson signed the Constitution, served as a governor of New Jersey and served on the Supreme Court. Paterson was born in Ireland in 1745 and moved to the United States at two years old.
