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    Oliver Ellsworth (April 29, 1745 – November 26, 1807) was a Founding Father of the United States, attorney, jurist, politician, and diplomat. Ellsworth...
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    Agriculture. Ellsworth was born in Windsor, Connecticut, son of Founding Father and Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth and Abigail Wolcott. Ellsworth graduated...
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    had a population of 8,399. Named after United States Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, it contains historic buildings and other points of interest, and is...
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    the United States Thomas Pinckney, former Governor of South Carolina Oliver Ellsworth, U.S. Chief Justice, from Connecticut John Jay, Governor of New York...
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    The Oliver Ellsworth Homestead, also known as Elmwood, is a historic house museum at 788 Palisado Avenue in Windsor, Connecticut. Built in 1781, it was...
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    Oliver Ellsworth Buckley (August 8, 1887 – December 14, 1959) was an American electrical engineer known for his contributions to the field of submarine...
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    Oliver Ellsworth Daggett (January 14, 1810 – August 31, 1880) was an American minister. Daggett, son of the Hon. David Daggett, Chief Justice of the Supreme...
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  • (August 12, 1795 – December 28, 1795), and Oliver Ellsworth (March 8, 1796 – December 15, 1800), respectively the Jay, Rutledge, and Ellsworth Courts....
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    The Ellsworth Court refers to the Supreme Court of the United States from 1796 to 1800, when Oliver Ellsworth served as the third Chief Justice of the...
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    presidential oath of office was administered to John Adams by Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth. Adams was the first president to receive the oath of office from a...
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  • SS Oliver Ellsworth was a Liberty ship built in the United States during World War II. She was named after Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, an American...
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    Palace. The name of the town was changed to "Ellsworth" in 1802, in honor of Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth. The first census of the town, in 1800, reported...
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    federal government of the United States. In 1787, Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth, state delegates to the Constitutional Convention, proposed a compromise...
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  • prize is named in honor of Oliver Ellsworth Buckley, a former president of Bell Labs. Before 1982, it was known as the Oliver E. Buckley Solid State Prize...
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    succeeded in 1796 by the third chief justice, Oliver Ellsworth (Connecticut). Both Rutledge and Ellsworth were delegates to the Constitutional Convention...
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    several occasions, the Connecticut delegation, including Roger Sherman, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Samuel Johnson, proposed a compromise that the House would...
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  • Jefferson (DR) Thomas Pinckney (F), Aaron Burr (DR), Samuel Adams (DR), Oliver Ellsworth (F), George Clinton (DR), John Jay (F), James Iredell (F), Samuel Johnston...
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    appointment until two vacancies occurred. In late 1800, Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth resigned due to poor health. Adams nominated former Chief Justice John...
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    diplomatic commission was approved, consisting of William Vans Murray, Oliver Ellsworth, and William Richardson Davie. Their objectives were to formally terminate...
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    November 10, 1791, Ellsworth was the son of Founding Father Oliver Ellsworth, and son-in-law of Noah Webster, who named Ellsworth executor of his will...
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    College in 1778. He passed the bar examination after studying law under Oliver Ellsworth and others, but was unable to find work as a lawyer. He found some...
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  • March 4, 1789 2 2 Pierce Butler (A-SC) 3 3 Charles Carroll (F-MD) 4 5 Oliver Ellsworth (F-CT) 5 7 William Few (A-GA) 6 9 James Gunn (A-GA) 7 10 John Henry...
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    the Judiciary Act of 1789, primarily written by Connecticut Senator Oliver Ellsworth. Through the Judiciary Act, Congress established a six-member Supreme...
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  • Jersey Plan voted against it, including Connecticut's Roger Sherman and Oliver Ellsworth. Since several delegates from less populous states failed to strongly...
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    as leaning Republican. Senators Oliver Ellsworth, William S. Johnson, and Roger Sherman were Founding Fathers. Ellsworth helped write the Judiciary Act...
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    now sent to in district schools, Poquonock or Ellsworth.) Four public elementary schools: Oliver Ellsworth Primary School, Clover Street Intermediate School...
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    (Acclamation) February 4, 1796 – June 19, 1811 (Died) 15 years, 135 days 10 Oliver Ellsworth (1745–1807) CT Chief Justice J. Rutledge March 4, 1796 (21–1) March...
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    receive the support of the more populous states. With the aide of Oliver Ellsworth, Sherman repeatedly proposed a bicameral compromise where one house...
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    Representatives Chamber of Congress Hall in Philadelphia. Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth administered the oath of office, making Adams the first president to...
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    was Henry Leavitt Ellsworth who traveled to Ohio in 1811 to investigate family lands in the region. (Ellsworth's father Oliver Ellsworth had purchased over...
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