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William Paterson (
December 24 1745 –
September 9,
1806) was a
New Jersey statesman, a signer of the
United States Constitution, and Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court, who served as the
2nd governor of New Jersey, from 1790 to 1793.
William Paterson was born on
December 24 1745, in
County Antrim, in
Ireland, moved to what is the
United States at age 2, and entered the College of New Jersey (now
Princeton University) at age 14. After graduating, he studied law with the prominent lawyer
Richard Stockton and was admitted to the bar in 1768.
Paterson became an outspoken supporter of American independence. He was selected as
Somerset County, New Jersey delegate for the first three provincial congresses of New Jersey, where as secretary he recorded the 1776
New Jersey State Constitution.
After Independence, Paterson was appointed as the first
Attorney General of New Jersey, serving from 1776-1783, maintaining law and order and establishing himself as one of the state's most prominent lawyers. He was sent to the
1787 Constitutional Convention in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he proposed the
New Jersey Plan for a
unicameral legislative body with equal representation from each state. After the
Great Compromise (for two legislative bodies: a Senate with equal representation for each state, and a House of Representatives with representation based on population), the Constitution was signed.
He served as
Governor of New Jersey and in the
New Jersey Senate, where he oversaw the revision and codification of the entire state legal system.
George Washington appointed him associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court in 1793, where he served until his death (from the lingering effects of a coach accident suffered in 1803 while on circuit court duty in New Jersey) on
September 9 1806 in
Albany, New York, aged 60. He is buried in
Albany Rural Cemetery in Albany.
Paterson, New Jersey, and
William Paterson University are named after him.
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