Robert Cooper Grier
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About
Served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1846 to 1870.
Before Fame
He graduated from Dickinson College in 1812.
Trivia
He was one of two Northerners that sided with the majority in the landmark Dred v. Scott case, which ruled that African Americans weren't citizens and thus couldn't sue in federal court.
Family Life
He married Isabelle Rose in 1829. The couple had one child together.
Associated With
He was nominated to the Supreme Court by President James K. Polk.
