Philemon Bliss

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Philemon Bliss (July 28 1813 – August 25 1889) was an Ohio Congressman the first chief justice of the Supreme Court of Dakota Territory and a Missouri Supreme Court justice.Bliss was born in Canton Connecticut in 1813 to Asahel Bliss and Lydia Adams (Griswold) Bliss. He attended Fairfield Academy and Hamilton College where he studied law. He moved to Elyria Ohio where he studied law under his brother Albert.

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active years end date

1859-03-03

active years start date

1855-03-04

alma mater

Hamilton College (New York)

birth date

1813-07-28

birth place

Canton Connecticut

death date

1889-08-25

death place

Saint Paul Minnesota

party

Republican Party (United States), Opposition Party (United States)

region

Ohio's 14th congressional district

resting place

Columbia Cemetery (Columbia Missouri)