Robert Cooper Grier

Judge Robert Cooper Grier

Personal

Birthday:

3/5/1794

Birthplace:

Cumberland County, PA

Date of Death:

9/25/1870

Place of Death:

Philadelphia, PA

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, 1817-1818
Private practice, Danville, Pennsylvania, 1818-1833
President judge, District Court of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania], 1833-1846

Education

Name of School:

Dickinson College

Degree:

B.A.

Degree Year:

1812

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1817

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

James K. Polk

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

08/04/1846

Termination Date:

01/31/1870

Termination Reason:

Retirement

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Third Circuit, August 15, 1846-January 31, 1870