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Biography of Oliver Ellsworth
Name: Oliver Ellsworth
Birth Date: April 29, 1745
Death Date: November 26, 1807
Place of Birth: Windsor, Connecticut, United States
Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupations: jurist, legislator
Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807) was the second chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He also served as a senator in the newly formed Congress. Ellsworth is primarily remembered for his contribution to the formation of the Constitution and for drafting the Judiciary Act of 1789, which provided for a strong federal judiciary system and created the U.S. Supreme Court.Born in Windsor, Connecticut, on April 29, 1745, Ellsworth was the second son of Captain David Ellsworth, a prosperous farmer, and Jemima (Levitt) Ellsworth. Little is known of Ellsworth's childhood except that he grew up on a farm in Windsor and that his father wanted him to enter the ministry. When Ellsworth reached his teens, he was sent to a boarding school run by Minister Joseph Bellamy. In 1762, at the age of 17, Ellsworth entered Yale University. However, due to some disciplinary problems, he left Yale at the end of his sophomore year at …showed first 150 words…
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…showed last 150 words…Council after his return, he never regained his health and his service was ineffective. He died at his home in Windsor on November 26, 1807. Further Reading American National Biography, Volume 7, edited by John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. Oxford University Press, 1999.Biographical Dictionary of the Federal Judiciary, edited by Harold Chase, Samuel Krislov, Keith O. Boyum, and Jerry N. Clark, Gale Research, 1976.Encyclopedia of American Biography. Second edition, Edited by John A. Garraty and Jerome L. Sternstein, HarperCollins, 1996.Oxford Companion to American History. edited by Thomas H. Johnson, Oxford University Press, 1966.The Supreme Court A to Z: A Ready Reference Encyclopedia. Revised edition. Edited by Elder Witt, CQ's Encyclopedia of American Government, vol. 3. Congressional Quarterly, Inc., 1994.Scholastic Update, 117 (November 30, 1984): 10-12."Oliver Ellsworth," Biography Resource Center Online. Gale Group, 1999. http://www.galenet.com (December 12, 2000)."Oliver Ellsworth," Dictionary of American Biography Base Set. American Council of Learned Societies, 1928-1936. http://www.galenet.com (December 12, 2000).
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