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William Paterson was born December 24, 1745, in County Antrim, Ireland, to Richard Paterson, an Ulster Protestant. [2] Paterson immigrated with his parents to New Castle, Pennsylvania, in 1747. [3] At 14, he began college at Princeton. After graduating, he read law with the prominent lawyer Richard Stockton and was admitted to the bar in 1768.
On election day, 29 October 1792, incumbent Federalist Governor William Paterson was unanimously re-elected by the New Jersey General Assembly as he ran unopposed, thereby retaining Federalist control over the office of Governor. Paterson was sworn in for his third term that same day. [2] [3]
Principally authored by William Paterson of New Jersey, the New Jersey Plan was an important alternative to the Virginia Plan proposed by James Madison and Edmund Randolph of Virginia. [2] Its proposals would have created a political entity similar to the modern-day European Union.
William Livingston (F) began in 1789... 1788 1789 F majority F majority Jonathan Elmer (PA) William Paterson (PA) 4PA George Washington (I) 1790 Elisha Lawrence (F) [a] F majority F majority William Paterson (F) 1791 F majority F majority John Rutherfurd (PA) Philemon Dickinson (PA) 3PA, 1I 1792 F majority DR majority 1793 Thomas Henderson (F ...
Governor of New Jersey: William Paterson ; Governor of New York: George Clinton (Democratic-Republican) Governor of North Carolina: Alexander Martin (Anti-Federalist) (until December 14), Richard Dobbs Spaight (starting December 14) Governor of Pennsylvania: Thomas Mifflin (no political party)
William Paterson [6] (1745–1806) 1776 – 1783: Federalist Elected by the legislature 2 Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823) 1783 – 1792: Anti-Administration Elected by the legislature 3 Aaron Woodruff [7] 1792 – 1811: Federalist Elected by the legislature 4 Andrew S. Hunter 1811: Democratic-Republican Elected by the legislature 5 Aaron ...
The Constitution, as drafted, was sharply criticized by the Anti-Federalists, a group that contended the document failed to safeguard individual liberties from the federal government. Leading Anti-Federalists included Patrick Henry and Richard Henry Lee, both from Virginia, and Samuel Adams of Massachusetts.
The Rutledge Court consisted of Rutledge and five Associate Justices from the Jay Court: William Cushing, James Wilson, John Blair Jr., James Iredell, and William Paterson. Blair resigned on October 25, 1795, and was subsequently replaced by Samuel Chase in February 1796. [2]