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==Legislative career==

==Legislative career==

[[Image:Ellsworth House 1836.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Ellsworth's home in Windsor, Elmwood]]

[[Image:Ellsworth House 1836.jpg|thumb|150px|left|Ellsworth's home in Windsor, Connecticut]]

He was a member of the 'Legislature which assembled a few days after the battle of Lexington; in 1777 was chosen Delegate to the Continental Congress; from 1780 to 1784 was a member of the Council of Connecticut, and then was appointed Judge of the Superior Court.  Ellsworth was a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, other members of the Connecticut delegation to the Convention were [[William Samuel Johnson]] and [[Roger Sherman]]. He also served as Senator in Congress from 1789 to 1796, when he was appointed by Washington Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. During his connection with the Senate, he urged that it was not expedient to attempt to fund the public debt at interest higher than four per cent. He also disagreed with the Secretary's proposal to leave one third of the debt unfunded for ten years.

He was a member of the 'Legislature which assembled a few days after the battle of Lexington; in 1777 was chosen Delegate to the Continental Congress; from 1780 to 1784 was a member of the Council of Connecticut, and then was appointed Judge of the Superior Court.  Ellsworth was a member of the convention which framed the Constitution of the United States, other members of the Connecticut delegation to the Convention were [[William Samuel Johnson]] and [[Roger Sherman]]. He also served as Senator in Congress from 1789 to 1796, when he was appointed by Washington Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. During his connection with the Senate, he urged that it was not expedient to attempt to fund the public debt at interest higher than four per cent. He also disagreed with the Secretary's proposal to leave one third of the debt unfunded for ten years.

 

He received the degree of LL. D. from Yale College in 1790, from Dartmouth in 1797.<ref name=giddings />

He received the degree of LL. D. from Yale College in 1790, from Dartmouth in 1797.<ref name=giddings />

==Later life and death==

==Later life and death==

Oliver Ellsworth moved into the family home, [[Elmwood]], in 1782.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9fILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA314 The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 8]</ref>

Oliver Ellsworth moved into the family home, Elmwood, in 1782.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=9fILAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA314 The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Volume 8]</ref>  Elmwood was built around 1740 by David Ellsworth, on land owned by the Ellsworth family dating back to 1665.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=Pfw1AAAAMAAJ&q=oliver+ellsworth+elmwood+1740&dq=oliver+ellsworth+elmwood+1740&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwibgKzGybnOAhXK1x4KHbD_COI4FBDoAQhAMAg Old houses of New England]</ref><ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=4J8IAQAAMAAJ&q=%22David+ellsworth%22+1740&dq=%22David+ellsworth%22+1740&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi2997Ty7nOAhXKHR4KHcLiBKQ4ChDoAQgfMAE Historic and memorial buildings of the Daughters of the American Revolution]</ref>  In 1903, the home was transferred to the Connecticut Daughters of the American Revolution.<ref>[http://www.ellsworthhomesteaddar.org/pb/wp_c59f15ea/wp_c59f15ea.html http://www.ellsworthhomesteaddar.org/pb/wp_c59f15ea/wp_c59f15ea.html]</ref>

Ellsworth died in his Windsor home on November 26, 1807, at the age of 63.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rVE6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182 Founding Federalist: The Life of Oliver Ellsworth]</ref>

Ellsworth died in his Windsor home on November 26, 1807, at the age of 63.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rVE6AwAAQBAJ&pg=PT182 Founding Federalist: The Life of Oliver Ellsworth]</ref>

==References==

==References==

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