Joel Hinman

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Chief Justice Joel Hinman (January 27, 1802 - February 21, 1870) was born in to Colonel Joel Hinman in Southbury, New Haven County, Connecticut, grandson of Benjamin Hinman.

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After serving as a Connecticut state senator from 1835 to 1836, he served on the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1842 and as Chief Justice from 1861 till his death in 1870.

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• Chief Justice Joel Hinman
• Shaw v. Shaw ruling against woman's right to divorce