Oliver Ellsworth in the United States
Ellsworth, Oliver (1745_1807)
United States Constitution
According to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution, about its article titled ELLSWORTH, OLIVER (1745_1807) Oliver Ellsworth played a key role in the creation of the United States Constitution in 1787 and the establishment of a national judiciary during the Constitution’s first decade.Born into a well-established Connecticut family, he entered Yale in 1762, but left after two
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Oliver Ellsworth
Introduction to Oliver Ellsworth
Oliver Ellsworth (1745-1807), American statesman, third chief justice of the United States (1796-99).
Ellsworth was born in Windsor, Connecticut, and educated at Yale College (now Yale University). During the American Revolution he was a member of the Continental Congress and a Superior Court judge. As a representative to the Constitutional Convention at Philadelphia in 1787, Ellsworth, with Roger Sherman, proposed what became the basis of the national legislative system. The measure, known as the Connecticut Compromise, ended the conflict between large and small states over representation and provided for the establishment of the U.S. Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. He was also responsible for the term United States appearing in the Constitution. From 1789 to 1796 he was U.S. senator from Connecticut and was chairman of the committee that drew up the bill organizing the system of federal courts, substantially as they exist today. In 1796George Washington appointed Ellsworth chief justice of the U.S., and he served until 1799, when President John Adams sent him as a commissioner to France to negotiate a trade agreement with Napoleon. In 1807 Ellsworth was appointed chief justice of Connecticut, but died before taking office.” (1)
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Notes and References
- Information about Oliver Ellsworth in the Encarta Online Encyclopedia