William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was a New Jersey statesman, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who served as the 2nd governor of New Jersey, from 1790 to 1793. William Paterson was born on December 24, 1745, in County Antrim, now in Northern Ireland, moved to what is now the United States at age 2, and entered the College of New Jersey at age 14.

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  • William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was a New Jersey statesman, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who served as the 2nd governor of New Jersey, from 1790 to 1793. William Paterson was born on December 24, 1745, in County Antrim, now in Northern Ireland, moved to what is now the United States at age 2, and entered the College of New Jersey at age 14. After graduating, he studied law with the prominent lawyer Richard Stockton and was admitted to the bar in 1768. Paterson became an outspoken supporter of American independence. He was selected as Somerset County, New Jersey delegate for the first three provincial congresses of New Jersey, where, as secretary, he recorded the 1776 New Jersey State Constitution. After Independence, Paterson was appointed as the first Attorney General of New Jersey, serving from 1776-1783, maintaining law and order and establishing himself as one of the state's most prominent lawyers. He was sent to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where he proposed the New Jersey Plan for a unicameral legislative body with equal representation from each state. After the Great Compromise, the Constitution was signed. Paterson went on to become one of New Jersey's first US. senators (1789-90). He was a strong nationalist who supported the Federalist party. As a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, he played an important role in drafting the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system. The first nine sections of this very important law are in his handwriting. He resigned from the U.S. Senate in 1790 in order to succeed fellow signer William Livingston as governor of New Jersey. As governor, he pursued his interest in legal matters by codifying the English statutes that had been in force in New Jersey before the Revolution in Laws of the State of New Jersey. He also published a revision of the rules of the chancery and common law courts in Paterson's Practice Laws, later adopted by the New Jersey Legislature. He resigned the governorship to become an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1793-1806). There he presided over the trials of individuals indicted for treason in the Whiskey Rebellion, a revolt by farmers in western Pennsylvania over the federal excise tax on whiskey, the principal product of their cash crop. Militia sent out by President George Washington successfully quelled the uprising, and for the first time the courts had to interpret the provisions of the Constitution in regard to the use of troops in civil disturbances. Here, and in fact throughout his long career, Paterson extolled the primacy of law over governments, a principle embodied in the Constitution he helped write. Paterson served on the Supreme Court until his death (from the lingering effects of a coach accident suffered in 1803 while on circuit court duty in New Jersey) on September 9, 1806, aged 60. He was "on his way to Ballston Springs, New York to "take the waters" when he died at the Albany, New York home of his daughter and Van Renssalaer son-in-law. He was laid to rest in the Van Renssalaer family vault in 1806, and remained until the property was acquired by the city. His remains were relocated to Albany Rural Cemetery Menands, Albany County, New York, USA. He shares this cemetery with Associate Justice Rufus W. Peckham and President Chester A. Arthur. Paterson, New Jersey, and William Paterson University are named after him.
  • William Paterson war ein US-amerikanischer Staatsmann, einer der Unterzeichner der Verfassung sowie Richter am Supreme Court.
  • ウィリアム・パターソン（英: William Paterson, 1745年12月24日-1806年9月9日）は、アメリカ合衆国ニュージャージーの政治家であり、アメリカ合衆国憲法の署名者であり、アメリカ合衆国最高裁判所の陪席判事を務めた。ニュージャージー州の第2代州知事を1790年から1793年まで務めた。 ウィリアム・パターソンは1745年12月24日にアイルランドのアントリム州で生まれ、2歳のときに後のアメリカ合衆国に移住し、14歳のときにニュージャージー大学（後のプリンストン大学）に入った。卒業後、著名な弁護士リチャード・ストックトンと共に法律を学び、1768年に法廷弁護士として認められた。 パターソンはアメリカの独立を声に出して支持する者になった。サマセット郡の代表としてニュージャージー邦の最初の議会議員を3期務め、この間に書記官として1776年のニュージャージー憲法を記録した。 アメリカ独立宣言の後、ニュージャージー邦の初代検事総長に指名されて1776年から1783年まで務め、法と秩序を維持し、邦内の最も傑出した法律家の一人としての地位を確立した。フィラデルフィアで開催されたアメリカ合衆国憲法制定会議に派遣され、各邦から等しい代議員数を出す一院制議会というニュージャージー案を提案した。大妥協（二院制、上院は各邦に等しい代議員数、下院は人口に比例した代議員数）が成立し、憲法に署名された。 その後、ニュージャージー州知事とニュージャージー州上院議員を務め、州の法体系全般の改定と法典化を監督した。ジョージ・ワシントンによって1793年にアメリカ合衆国最高裁判所の陪席判事に指名され、これを死ぬまで務めた。パターソンは1803年にニュージャージーで巡回裁判を務めているときに馬車の事故に遭い、これが引き摺って1806年9月9日に死去。60歳。ニューヨーク州オールバニのオールバニ地方墓地に埋葬されている。 ニュージャージー州パターソンとウィリアム・パターソン大学は彼に因んで名付けられた。
  • William Paterson was een staatsman uit New Jersey, ondertekenaar van de Amerikaanse grondwet, en jurist bij de United States Supreme Court. Hij diende als tweede gouverneur van New Jersey, van 1790 tot 1793.
  • William Paterson, niekiedy William Patterson, – amerykański prawnik i polityk. W 1787 roku został delegatem stanu New Jersey na konwencję w Filadelfii podczas której uzgodniono Konstytucję Stanów Zjednoczonych, której był sygnatariuszem. W latach 1789–1790 reprezentował stan New Jersey w Senacie Stanów Zjednoczonych. W 1790 roku zrezygnował z miejsca w senacie, aby zostać gubernatorem stanu New Jersey. Funkcję tę sprawował w latach 1790–1793. W 1793 roku został sędzią Sądu Najwyższego Stanów Zjednoczonych. Funkcję tę sprawował aż do śmierci 9 września 1806 roku.
  • William Paterson foi um estadista de Nova Jérsei, um assinante da Constituição dos Estados Unidos, e um Associado de Justiça da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos, que serviu como o 2 º governador de Nova Jérsei, entre 1790 até 1793.
  • William Paterson, född 24 december 1745, död 9 september 1806, var en amerikansk politiker. William Paterson var en ledamot i den första samt domare i USA:s högsta domstol 1793-1806.
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  • Paterson as a Supreme Court Justice
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  • William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was a New Jersey statesman, a signer of the U.S. Constitution, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, who served as the 2nd governor of New Jersey, from 1790 to 1793. William Paterson was born on December 24, 1745, in County Antrim, now in Northern Ireland, moved to what is now the United States at age 2, and entered the College of New Jersey at age 14.
  • William Paterson war ein US-amerikanischer Staatsmann, einer der Unterzeichner der Verfassung sowie Richter am Supreme Court.
  • William Paterson was een staatsman uit New Jersey, ondertekenaar van de Amerikaanse grondwet, en jurist bij de United States Supreme Court. Hij diende als tweede gouverneur van New Jersey, van 1790 tot 1793.
  • William Paterson, niekiedy William Patterson, – amerykański prawnik i polityk. W 1787 roku został delegatem stanu New Jersey na konwencję w Filadelfii podczas której uzgodniono Konstytucję Stanów Zjednoczonych, której był sygnatariuszem. W latach 1789–1790 reprezentował stan New Jersey w Senacie Stanów Zjednoczonych. W 1790 roku zrezygnował z miejsca w senacie, aby zostać gubernatorem stanu New Jersey. Funkcję tę sprawował w latach 1790–1793.
  • William Paterson foi um estadista de Nova Jérsei, um assinante da Constituição dos Estados Unidos, e um Associado de Justiça da Suprema Corte dos Estados Unidos, que serviu como o 2 º governador de Nova Jérsei, entre 1790 até 1793.
  • William Paterson, född 24 december 1745, död 9 september 1806, var en amerikansk politiker. William Paterson var en ledamot i den första samt domare i USA:s högsta domstol 1793-1806.
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