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{{Officeholder
|name=William Paterson
|image=
|party=
|spouse=
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[George Washington]]
|terms=March 4, 1793 – September 9, 1806
|preceded=[[Thomas Johnson]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Henry Brockholst Livingston]]
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|number=2nd
|state=New Jersey
|terms=October 29, 1790 – March 30, 1793
|preceded=Elisha Lawrence
|former=y
|succeeded=Thomas Henderson
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=New Jersey
|terms=March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790
|preceded=None
|former=y
|succeeded=Philemon Dickinson
}}
}}
'''William Paterson''' (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in addition to being a [[New Jersey]] statesman and a delegate to the 1787 [[Constitutional Convention]], where he proposed the [[New Jersey Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law|work=Oyez|format=HTML|url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/william_paterson|title=William Paterson|language=English}}</ref>
Patterson was one of the authors of the [[Judiciary Act of 1789]] - which created the federal legal structure he would soon be a part of.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Paterson - Jersey, Court, Supreme, Constitution, Congress, and Created|work=law.jrank|format=HTML|language=English|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/9108/Paterson-William.html}}</ref> On the Supreme Court, his role as a framer gave credence to what he cited as the [[original intent]] of the drafters of the Constitution.
==References==
<references/>
{{Supreme Court|ellsworth=y|marshall=y}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paterson, William}}
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]
|name=William Paterson
|image=
|party=
|spouse=
|religion=[[Presbyterian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[George Washington]]
|terms=March 4, 1793 – September 9, 1806
|preceded=[[Thomas Johnson]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Henry Brockholst Livingston]]
}}
{{Officeholder/governor
|number=2nd
|state=New Jersey
|terms=October 29, 1790 – March 30, 1793
|preceded=Elisha Lawrence
|former=y
|succeeded=Thomas Henderson
}}
{{Officeholder/senator
|state=New Jersey
|terms=March 4, 1789 – November 13, 1790
|preceded=None
|former=y
|succeeded=Philemon Dickinson
}}
}}
'''William Paterson''' (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]] in addition to being a [[New Jersey]] statesman and a delegate to the 1787 [[Constitutional Convention]], where he proposed the [[New Jersey Plan]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=Chicago-Kent School of Law|work=Oyez|format=HTML|url=http://www.oyez.org/justices/william_paterson|title=William Paterson|language=English}}</ref>
Patterson was one of the authors of the [[Judiciary Act of 1789]] - which created the federal legal structure he would soon be a part of.<ref>{{cite web|title=William Paterson - Jersey, Court, Supreme, Constitution, Congress, and Created|work=law.jrank|format=HTML|language=English|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/9108/Paterson-William.html}}</ref> On the Supreme Court, his role as a framer gave credence to what he cited as the [[original intent]] of the drafters of the Constitution.
==References==
<references/>
{{Supreme Court|ellsworth=y|marshall=y}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Paterson, William}}
[[Category:Founding Fathers]]