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About Egbert Benson
Egbert Benson was an American lawyer, jurist, politician and Founding Father who represented New York State in the Continental Congress, Annapolis Convention, and United States House of Representatives. He served as a member of the New York constitutional convention in 1788 which ratified the United States Constitution. He also served as the first attorney general of New York, chief justice of the New York Supreme Court, and as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States circuit court for the second circuit.
Everything about Egbert Benson →- Occupation
- politician, judge, lawyer
- Position held
- United States representative, Attorney General of New York, member of the New York State Assembly, President of the New-York Historical Society
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- June 21, 1746
- Died
- August 24, 1833