Samuel Nelson
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About
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1845 to 1872.
Before Fame
He attended Middlebury College.
Trivia
He was known for being a careful and uncontroversial jurist.
Family Life
He married his second wife, Catharine Ann Russell, in 1825, and the couple had six child together.
Associated With
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President John Tyler.
