The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . 0LIVP:R ELLSWORTH AND WIFE. (After the Painting by R. Earle, 1792.) Court. In 1787 he was elected to the convention which framed the Fed-eral Constitution, and was afterward a member of the State conventionwhich ratified that Constitution. Chosen one of the first senators ofthe United States from Connccticnt, he continned in the Senate from1780 to 1796, when he was nominated by Washington chief justice ofthe Supreme Conrt of the United States, as the successor of Jay. Hav-ing a peculiar style of condensed statement, logical and
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The memorial history of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; . 0LIVP:R ELLSWORTH AND WIFE. (After the Painting by R. Earle, 1792.) Court. In 1787 he was elected to the convention which framed the Fed-eral Constitution, and was afterward a member of the State conventionwhich ratified that Constitution. Chosen one of the first senators ofthe United States from Connccticnt, he continned in the Senate from1780 to 1796, when he was nominated by Washington chief justice ofthe Supreme Conrt of the United States, as the successor of Jay. Hav-ing a peculiar style of condensed statement, logical and argumentativeinhis mode of illustration, and following a most lucid train of analyti-cal reasoning, he presided over that conrt with great distinction. Hisopinions, given in clear and felicitous language, were marked by soundlegal and ethical principles. In 1799 he was appointed by PresidentAdams envoy extraordinary to Paris; and with his associates, Davie and.