- March 6, 1809, 217 years ago — Death of Thomas Heyward Jr..
- March 6, 1724, 302 years ago — Birth of Henry Laurens, President of the Continental Congress.
- March 7, 1707, 319 years ago — Birth of Stephen Hopkins, signer of the Declaration of Independence.
- March 7, 1699, 327 years ago — Birth of Susanna Boylston Adams, mother of John Adams.
William Paterson
PATERSON, William, jurist and statesman, born in County Antrim, Ireland, 24 December, 1745; died in Albany, N.Y., 9 September, 1806.
He emigrated to America as a child and graduated from Princeton in 1763. Paterson became a lawyer and was active in New Jersey politics. He served as attorney-general of New Jersey and was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Paterson proposed the New Jersey Plan, advocating equal representation for states in Congress. He signed the Constitution and later served as U.S. Senator, Governor of New Jersey, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
His legal and constitutional contributions helped shape the federal judiciary and balance of power between states and the national government.
Source:
Wilson, James Grant, and John Fiske, eds. Appleton’s Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1887. Patriot Echoes Archive
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