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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsJoseph STORY
(1779-1845)
STORY, Joseph, a
Representative from Massachusetts; born in Marblehead, Mass.,
September 18, 1779; attended Marblehead Academy; was graduated from
Harvard University in 1798; studied law; was admitted to the bar in
1801 and commenced practice in Salem; member of the State house of
representatives 1805-1807; elected as a Republican to the Tenth
Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Jacob
Crowninshield and served from May 23, 1808, to March 3, 1809; was
not a candidate for renomination in 1808; again a member of the
State house of representatives in 1811, and served as speaker;
published commentaries on the Constitution, and also other works;
appointed by President Madison as an Associate Justice of the
Supreme Court of the United States and served from 1811 until his
death; elected as an overseer of Harvard University in 1818 and as
professor of law in the same institution in 1829, a position which
he held until his death; delegate to the State constitutional
convention in 1820; declined the position of chief justice of the
Massachusetts Supreme Court in 1831; died in Cambridge, Mass.,
September 10, 1845; interment in Mount Auburn Cemetery.
Bibliography
Dunne, Gerald T. Justice Joseph Story and the Rise of the
Supreme Court. New York: Simon and Schuster, 1970; Story,
Joseph. Joseph Story; A Collection of Writings By and About An
Eminent American Jurist. Edited by Mortimer D. Schwartz and
John C. Hogan. New York: Oceana Publications, 1959.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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