Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . ar stairs with a Confederate flag which he in 1771; practised in Hartford, Conn.; and was made State attorney. When theRevolutionary War was kindling he tookthe side of the patriots in the leg-islature of Connecticut, and was a dele-gate in Congress from 1777 to 1780. Hebecame a member of the State council,and in 1784 was appointed a judge of theSupreme Court. Judge Ellsworth was oneof the framers of the national Constitu-tion, but, being called away before theadjournment of the
Harper's encyclopædia of United States history from 458 1906, based upon the plan of Benson John Lossing .. . ar stairs with a Confederate flag which he in 1771; practised in Hartford, Conn.; and was made State attorney. When theRevolutionary War was kindling he tookthe side of the patriots in the leg-islature of Connecticut, and was a dele-gate in Congress from 1777 to 1780. Hebecame a member of the State council,and in 1784 was appointed a judge of theSupreme Court. Judge Ellsworth was oneof the framers of the national Constitu-tion, but, being called away before theadjournment of the convention, his namewas not attached to that instrument. Hewas the first United States Senator fromConnecticut (1789-95), and drew up thebill for organizing the Judiciary Depart-ment. In 1796 he was made chief-justiceof the Supreme Court of the United States,and at the close of 1799 he was one of theenvoys to France. He died in Windsor, had pulled down, May 24, 1861. His body Nov. 26, 1807. was taken to Washington, and lay in state Elmira, Battle of. See Sullivan, in the East Room of the White House. John. 221. OLIVKR ELLSWORTH.
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