Jeremiah Gates Brainard
Born 1759; died 1830; lawyer, Conn. legislator, mayor of New London; Conn. Superior Court judge
About Jeremiah Gates Brainard
Lived 1759 – 1830 (aged 70–71). Jeremiah Gates Brainard was a lawyer.
Jeremiah Gates Brainard (c. 1759 – January 14, 1830) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1808 to 1829.
Originally elected to the court following the adoption of a new state constitution in 1807, Brainard was the only judge whose tenure survived a political purge in 1817:
Brainard was the father of poet John Gardiner Calkins Brainard.
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born 1759; died 1830; lawyer, Conn. legislator, mayor of New London; Conn. Superior Court judge
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