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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—ConnecticutOliver ELLSWORTH
(1745-1807)
Senate Years of Service:
1789-1796Party: Pro-Administration;
FederalistELLSWORTH, Oliver, (father
of William Wolcott Ellsworth), a Delegate and a Senator from
Connecticut; born in Windsor, Conn., April 29, 1745; pursued
preparatory studies; attended Yale College and graduated from the
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in 1766; studied
law; admitted to the bar in 1771 and commenced practice in Windsor;
moved to Hartford, Conn., in 1775; member, State general assembly
1773-1776; appointed State attorney in 1777; Member of the
Continental Congress 1778-1783; from 1780 to 1785 was a member of
the Governor’s council; judge of the Connecticut Superior
Court 1785-1789; delegate to the convention that framed the federal
Constitution in 1787; elected to the United States Senate;
reelected and served from March 4, 1789, to March 8, 1796, when he
resigned to accept a judicial appointment; appointed Chief Justice
of the United States Supreme Court in 1796 and served until 1800
when he retired; appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary to France to negotiate a treaty 1799; returned to
the United States in 1801; again a member of the Governor’s
council 1801-1807; died in Windsor, Conn., November 26, 1807;
interment in the Old Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dictionary of American Biography; The Yale Biographical
Dictionary of American Law; Casto, William R. Oliver
Ellsworth and the Creation of the Federal Republic. New York:
Second Circuit Committee on History and Commemorative Events, 1997;
Lettieri, Ronald John. Connecticut’s Young Man of the
Revolution: Oliver Ellsworth. Hartford: American Revolution
Bicentennial Commission of Connecticut, 1978.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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