Samuel Nelson

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You have new messages (last change).
For the Northern Irish footballer, see Sammy Nelson.

Samuel Nelson (10 November 1792 - 13 December 1873) was an American attorney and Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

He was born in Hebron, New York in 1792. He was licensed to practice law in 1817.

Nelson married Pamela Woods in 1819. In 1825, after Pamela's death, he married Catharine Russell.

Nelson was appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1845 by President John Tyler to succeed the deceased Justice Smith Thompson and served as a Justice until his retirement in 1872.

Samuel Nelson died in Cooperstown, New York in 1873.

Preceded by:
Smith Thompson		 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
February 27, 1845 – November 28, 1872		 Succeeded by:
Ward Hunt
The Taney Court Seal of the U.S. Supreme Court
1845–1846: J. McLean | J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | J. McKinley | P.V. Daniel | S. Nelson | L. Woodbury
1846–1851: J. McLean | J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | J. McKinley | P.V. Daniel | S. Nelson | L. Woodbury | R.C. Grier
1851–1852: J. McLean | J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | J. McKinley | P.V. Daniel | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | B.R. Curtis
1853–1857: J. McLean | J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | P.V. Daniel | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | B.R. Curtis | J.A. Campbell
1858–1860: J. McLean | J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | P.V. Daniel | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | J.A. Campbell | N. Clifford
1860–1861: J. McLean | J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | J.A. Campbell | N. Clifford
1862–1863: J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | N. Clifford | N.H. Swayne | S.F. Miller | D. Davis
1863–1864: J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | N. Clifford | N.H. Swayne | S.F. Miller | D. Davis | S.J. Field
The Chase Court
1864–1865: J.M. Wayne | J. Catron | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | N. Clifford | N.H. Swayne | S.F. Miller | D. Davis | S.J. Field
1865–1867: J.M. Wayne | S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | N. Clifford | N.H. Swayne | S.F. Miller | D. Davis | S.J. Field
1867–1870: S. Nelson | R.C. Grier | N. Clifford | N.H. Swayne | S.F. Miller | D. Davis | S.J. Field
1870–1872: S. Nelson | N. Clifford | N.H. Swayne | S.F. Miller | D. Davis | S.J. Field | Wm. Strong | J.P. Bradley


 This biographical article relating to law is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org../../../s/a/m/Samuel_Nelson_415e.html"