Smith Thompson

Judge Smith Thompson

Personal

Birthday:

1/17/1768

Birthplace:

Amenia, NY

Date of Death:

12/18/1843

Place of Death:

Poughkeepsie, NY

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Troy, New York, 1792-1793
Private practice, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1793-1802
State assemblyman, New York, 1800
Delegate, New York constitutional convention, 1801
Justice, Supreme Court of Judicature of New York, 1802-1818; chief justice, 1814-1818
Secretary of the U.S. Navy, 1818-1823

Education

Name of School:

College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)

Degree Year:

1788

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1792

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

James Monroe

Party Affiliation of President:

Jeffersonian Republican

Commission Date:

12/09/1823

Termination Date:

12/18/1843

Termination Reason:

Death

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Second Circuit, September 1, 1823-December 18, 1843