Reuben H. Walworth
American politician
Died when: 79 years 32 days (949 months)Star Sign: Scorpio
Reuben Hyde Walworth (October 26, 1788 – November 27, 1867) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician.Although nominated three times to the United States Supreme Court by President John Tyler in 1844, the U.S.
Senate never attempted a confirmation vote.Known for his simplification of equity law in the United States, Walworth served as a chancery judge in New York for more than three decades, including nearly two decades as Chancellor of New York (1828 to 1847) before a new state constitution abolished that highest statewide judicial office.
Walworth also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New York in 1848, and received a commission from the U.S.Supreme Court in 1850 concerning the Wheeling Suspension Bridge.
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