Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Justice_Benjamin_Robbins_Curtis
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gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Millard_Fillmore
gptkbp:birthDate 1809-11-04
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Watertown,_Massachusetts,_United_States
gptkbp:children gptkb:Benjamin_R._Curtis_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1874-09-15
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Newport,_Rhode_Island,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Justice Benjamin Robbins Curtis
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Dissenting_opinion_in_Dred_Scott_decision
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Dissent_in_Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:judge
gptkb:lawyer
gptkbp:party gptkb:Whig_Party
gptkbp:positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Levi_Woodbury
gptkbp:resignedFrom 1857
gptkbp:signature Benjamin R Curtis signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Anna_Wroe_Curtis
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Nathan_Clifford
gptkbp:termEnd 1857-09-30
gptkbp:termStart 1851-10-10
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Dissent_in_Dred_Scott_v._Sandford
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5