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Also Known As Benjamin Robbins Curtis
Born November 4, 1809 • Watertown • Massachusetts
Died September 15, 1874 (aged 64) • Newport • Rhode Island
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1851-1857), United States • supreme court (1851-1857), United States
Role In Dred Scott decision

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