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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (November 4, 1809 – September 15, 1874) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 attorney
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 and United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 Justice.

Curtis was born in 1809 in Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts

The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,986 at the 2000 census....
. He attended Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
 and was admitted to the bar in 1832.

Curtis was appointed to the Supreme Court on 22 September 1851 by President Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....
. He was the first Supreme Court Justice to have actually received a law degree - his predecessors had either "read law" (a form of apprenticeship
Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or prot?g?s build their careers from apprenticeships....
) or had attended a law school without receiving a degree.






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Benjamin Robbins Curtis (November 4, 1809 – September 15, 1874) was an American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 attorney
Lawyer

A lawyer, according to Black's Law Dictionary, is "a person learned in the law; as an Attorney at law, counsel or solicitor; a person licensed to practice fraud." Law is the system of rules of conduct established by the sovereign government of a society to correct wrongs, maintain stability, and deliver justice....
 and United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest judicial body in the United States, and leads the federal United States federal courts. It consists of the Chief Justice of the United States and eight Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, who are nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed with th...
 Justice.

Curtis was born in 1809 in Watertown, Massachusetts
Watertown, Massachusetts

The Town of Watertown is a city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 32,986 at the 2000 census....
. He attended Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School

Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. Located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Massachusetts, it is the United States' oldest law school in continuous operation....
 and was admitted to the bar in 1832.

Curtis was appointed to the Supreme Court on 22 September 1851 by President Millard Fillmore
Millard Fillmore

Millard Fillmore was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1850 until 1853, and the last member of the Whig Party to hold that office....
. He was the first Supreme Court Justice to have actually received a law degree - his predecessors had either "read law" (a form of apprenticeship
Apprenticeship

Apprenticeship is a system of training a new generation of practitioners of a skill. Apprentices or prot?g?s build their careers from apprenticeships....
) or had attended a law school without receiving a degree. He was notable as one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott
Dred Scott

Dred Scott , was a Slavery in the United States who sued unsuccessfully for his Freedom in the infamous Dred Scott v. Sandford case of 1857....
 case. Curtis resigned in 1857 from the court because of the bitter feelings engendered by the case. In 1868, He served as President
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 Andrew Johnson
Andrew Johnson

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's lead defense attorney during the impeachment
Impeachment

Impeachment is the first of two stages in a specific process for a legislative body to consider whether or not to forcibly remove a government official from office....
 proceedings.

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  • at Find A Grave
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