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{{Officeholder
|name=Benjamin Robbins Curtis
|image=
|party=Whig
|spouse=
|religion=[[Unitarian]], then [[Episcopalian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Millard Fillmore]]
|terms=September 22, 1851 – September 30, 1857
|preceded=[[Levi Woodbury]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Nathan Clifford]]
}}
}}
'''Benjamin Robbins Curtis''' (November 4, 1809 – September 15, 1874) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He is known for his dissent in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]] - where the majority on the Court rule, amongst other things, that [[African Americans]] could not be citizens under the [[Constitution]]. Curtis disagreed, writing, "every free person born on the soil of a State, who is a citizen of that State by force of its Constitution or laws, is also a citizen of the United States."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/5932/Curtis-Benjamin-Robbins.html|title=Benamin Robbins Curtis|format=HTML|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Supreme Court|taney=y}}
|name=Benjamin Robbins Curtis
|image=
|party=Whig
|spouse=
|religion=[[Unitarian]], then [[Episcopalian]]
|offices=
{{Officeholder/Supreme Court Justice
|role=Associate
|nominator=[[Millard Fillmore]]
|terms=September 22, 1851 – September 30, 1857
|preceded=[[Levi Woodbury]]
|former=y
|succeeded=[[Nathan Clifford]]
}}
}}
'''Benjamin Robbins Curtis''' (November 4, 1809 – September 15, 1874) was an [[Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]]. He is known for his dissent in [[Dred Scott v. Sanford]] - where the majority on the Court rule, amongst other things, that [[African Americans]] could not be citizens under the [[Constitution]]. Curtis disagreed, writing, "every free person born on the soil of a State, who is a citizen of that State by force of its Constitution or laws, is also a citizen of the United States."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://law.jrank.org/pages/5932/Curtis-Benjamin-Robbins.html|title=Benamin Robbins Curtis|format=HTML|language=English|work=law.jrank}}</ref>
==References==
<references/>
{{Supreme Court|taney=y}}