Benjamin Robbins Curtis, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Benjamin Robbins Curtis

American politician

Date of Birth: 04-Nov-1809

Place of Birth: Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

Date of Death: 15-Sep-1874

Profession: judge, lawyer, politician

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

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.
He successfully acted as chief counsel for the Impeachment of U.S.
President Andrew Johnson during the first presidential impeachment trial and is notable as one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott decision.