Benjamin R. Curtis
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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."[1]
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis | |
|---|---|
| Former Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court From: September 22, 1851 – September 30, 1857 | |
| Nominator | Millard Fillmore |
| Predecessor | Levi Woodbury |
| Successor | Nathan Clifford |
| Information | |
| Party | Whig |
| Religion | Unitarian, then Episcopalian |
References
- ↑ Benamin Robbins Curtis (English) (HTML). law.jrank.