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JOSEPH STORY
was born on September 18, 1779, in Marblehead, Massachusetts.
He was graduated from Harvard College in 1798. Story read
law in the offices of two Marblehead attorneys and was
admitted to the bar in 1801. He established a law practice
in Salem, Massachusetts. In 1805, Story served one term
in the Massachusetts Legislature, and in 1808 he was elected
to the United States House of Representatives. After one
term, he returned to the Massachusetts Lower House, and
in 1811 he was elected Speaker. On November 15, 1811,
President James Madison nominated Story to the Supreme
Court of the United States. The Senate confirmed the appointment
on November 18, 1811. At the age of thirty-two, Story
as the youngest person ever appointed to the Supreme Court.
While on the Supreme Court, Story served as a delegate
to the Massachusetts Constitutional Convention of 1820
and was a Professor of Law at Harvard, where he wrote
a series of nine commentaries on the law, each of which
was published in several editions. Story served on the
Supreme Court for thirty-three years. He died on September
10, 1845, at the age of sixty-five. |
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