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Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth was a framer of the United States Constitution, United States senator from Connecticut, and the third chief justice of the United States.
Oliver Ellsworth (born April 29, 1745, Windsor, Connecticut, U.S.—died November 26, 1807, Windsor) was an American statesman and jurist, chief author of the 1789 act establishing the U.S. federal court system.
17 de jun. de 2022 · Oliver Ellsworth, Connecticut. Oliver Ellsworth nació el día 29 de abril de 1745 en Windsor, CT, hijo del Capitán David y Jemima Ellsworth. Empezó a estudiar en Yale en 1762 pero luego se transfirió al Colegio de New Jersey (luego Princeton) al final de su segundo año de estudios.
Oliver Ellsworth was a lawyer, politician and drafter of the U.S. Constitution. He served as the third Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1796 to 1800, and resigned to become a diplomat.
Learn about Oliver Ellsworth, one of the most influential senators of the First Federal Congress and the author of the Judiciary Act of 1789. He also played a key role in the Constitutional Convention and became the chief justice of the United States.
13 de dic. de 2017 · As a member of the Committee of the Pay Table, Oliver Ellsworth was one of the five men who supervised Connecticut's war expenditures. In 1779 he assumed greater duties as a member of the council of safety, which, with the governor, controlled all military measures for the state.
Oliver Ellsworth, (born April 29, 1745, Windsor, Conn.—died Nov. 26, 1807, Windsor), U.S. politician, diplomat, and jurist. He served in the Continental Congress (1777–83) and coauthored the Connecticut Compromise (1787), which resolved the issue of representation in Congress.
