James Wilson

Judge James Wilson

Personal

Birthday:

9/14/1742

Birthplace:

Carskerdo, Scotland

Date of Death:

8/21/1798

Place of Death:

Edenton, NC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Reading, Pennsylvania, 1768-1770
Private practice, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1770-1774
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1777, 1783, 1785-1787
Businessman, land speculator and legal advisor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1777-1787
Avocat g??ral for maritime and commercial causes, appointed by French government, 1779-1783
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
Professor of law, College of Philadelphia, 1789
Drafter, Pennsylvania Constitution, 1790

Education

Name of School:

University of St. Andrews

Name of School - Second:

University of Glasgow

Name of School - Third:

University of Edinburgh

Name of School - Fourth:

Read law

Degree Year - Fourth:

1767

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

George Washington

Commission Date:

09/29/1789

Termination Date:

08/21/1798

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Middle Circuit, Spring 1790-Spring 1792, Spring 1793, Spring 1794, Spring 1795-Fall 1796
Eastern Circuit, Fall 1792-Spring 1794
Southern Circuit, Fall 1794, Fall 1797