Robert Troup

Judge Robert Troup

Personal

Birthday:

1757

Birthplace:

Elizabethtown, NJ

Date of Death:

1/14/1832

Place of Death:

New York, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Continental Army lieutenant colonel, 1776-1780
Secretary, Board of War, 1778
Secretary, Board of Treasury, 1779-1780
Private practice, Albany, New York, 1782-1783
Private practice, New York City, 1784-1796, 1798-1804
State assemblyman, New York, 1786
Clerk of court, U.S. District Court, District of New York, 1789-1796
Agent for Sir William Pulteney`s estates in western New York, 1801-1832

Education

Name of School:

King`s College (now Columbia University)

Degree Year:

1774

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, District of New York

President Nominating:

George Washington

Commission Date:

12/10/1796

Termination Date:

04/04/1798

Termination Reason:

Resignation