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William Paterson (Dumfries y Galloway, Escocia, abril de 1658-Westminster, Londres, 22 de enero de 1719) fue un comerciante y banquero escocés.
William Paterson was an Irish-born American jurist, one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. senator (1789–90), and governor of New Jersey (1790–93). He also served as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1793 to 1806.
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William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States.
William Paterson fue un consumado estadista estadounidense que sirvió en el Congreso, en la Corte Suprema y como gobernador de Nueva Jersey. Nacido en Irlanda en 1745, William Paterson fue delegado de la Convención Constitucional de Nueva Jersey de 1776, y de 1776 a 1783 fue fiscal general del estado. Foto Pixabay.
14 de abr. de 2022 · William Paterson came to be known as the “Father of the U.S. Senate,” as it was felt that it was his influence and the New Jersey Plan that caused the Senate to be created. Paterson served in the U.S. Senate from 1789 to 1790, during which time he played a pivotal role in drafting the Judiciary Act of 1789.
12 de dic. de 2019 · The New Jersey Plan was a proposal for the structure of the United States federal government, presented by William Paterson at the Constitutional Convention of 1787. The plan was created in response to the Virginia Plan.
Elected to serve in the first Senate of the United States, Paterson worked with the group which wrote the Judiciary Act of 1789 which established a federal judiciary. In 1791, he resigned from the Senate to succeed William Livingston as Governor of New Jersey.
