When1: 1789
When2: 1800
Who: Oliver Ellsworth [Ellsworth, Oliver]
What: lawyer
Where: USA
works\ Judiciary Act of 1789
Detail: He lived 1745 to 1807. First Congress required one Chief Justice and five Associate Justices for Supreme Court. Supreme Court was to try cases involving state relations, ambassadors, ministers, and consuls and to hear appeals from lower courts. President appointed judges, with Senate's consent. Judges had life terms. Only trial in Senate, needing two-thirds majority, can remove judge {impeachment, judge}. Judiciary Act also established fifteen District Courts and two Circuit Courts, which were higher than District Courts but lower than Supreme Court. He lived 1745 to 1807 and became USA Supreme Court Chief Justice [1796 to 1800] after John Jay resigned to run for Governor of New York. He resigned in 1800.
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