Benjamin Robbins Curtis (November 4 1809 – September 15 1874) was an American attorney and United States Supreme Court Justice.Curtis was the first and only Whig justice of the Supreme Court. He was also the first Supreme Court justice to have a formal legal degree and is the only justice to have resigned from the court over a matter of principle.
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birth date
1809-11-04
birth place
Watertown Massachusetts, Massachusetts
death date
1874-09-15
death place
Newport Rhode Island
order in office
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
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