Benjamin Robbins Curtis (4 November 1809 - 15 September 1874) was an American attorney and United States Supreme Court Justice. November 4 is the 308th day of the year (309th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 57 days remaining. ... 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... September 15 is the 258th day of the year (259th in leap years). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... An attorney is someone who represents someone else in the transaction of business: For attorney-at-law, see lawyer, solicitor, barrister or civil law notary. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States to interpret and decide questions of federal law, including...

Curtis was born in 1809 in Watertown, Massachusetts. He attended Harvard Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1832. 1809 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Watertown is a city located in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. ... Harvard Law School is one of the professional graduate schools of Harvard University. ... 1832 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

Curtis was appointed to the Supreme Court on 22 September 1851 by President Millard Fillmore. He was notable as one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott case. Curtis resigned in 1857 to return to his legal practice. In 1868, He served as President Andrew Johnson's lead defense attorney during the impeachment proceedings. September 22 is the 265th day of the year (266th in leap years). ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... Millard Fillmore ( January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the thirteenth ( 1850– 1853) President of the United States and the second President to succeed to the office from the Vice Presidency on the death of the predecessor. ... Dred Scott Dred Scott (ca. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1868 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... President of the United States - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ... Andrew Johnson (December 29, 1808 – July 31, 1875) was the sixteenth Vice President (1865) and the seventeenth President of the United States (1865–1869), succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. ... Impeachment is the process by which a legislative body formally levels charges against a high official of government. ...

Levi Woodbury (December 22, 1789–September 4, 1851) was the first justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to have attended law school. ... In order to become a Justice on the Supreme Court of the United States, an individual must be nominated by the President of the United States and approved by the U.S. Senate, with at least half of that body approving in the affirmative. ... October 10 is the 283rd day of the year (284th in Leap years). ... Events January 23 - The flip of a coin determines whether a new city in Oregon is named after Boston, Massachusetts, or Portland, Maine, with Portland winning. ... September 30 is the 273rd day of the year (274th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 92 days remaining, as the final day of September. ... 1857 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... Nathan Clifford (August 18, 1803–July 25, 1881) was an American statesman, diplomat and jurist. ...