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Born December 24, 1745 • Northern Ireland
Died September 9, 1806 (aged 60) • Albany • New York
Title / Office supreme court (1793-1806), United States • Supreme Court of the United States (1793-1806), United States • governor (1790-1793), New Jersey • United States Senate (1789-1790), United States
Role In Constitutional Convention • Judiciary Act of 1789

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