Reuben Walworth
| Reuben Walworth | |
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| Chancellor of New York | |
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In office April 28, 1828 – July 5, 1847 |
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| Governor |
Nathaniel Pitcher Martin Van Buren Enos Throop William Marcy William Seward William Bouck Silas Wright John Young |
| Preceded by | Samuel Jones |
| Succeeded by | Position abolished |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 12th district |
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In office March 4, 1823 – March 3, 1825 |
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| Preceded by | Ezra C. Gross |
| Succeeded by | Lewis Eaton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
October 26, 1788 Bozrah, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | November 27, 1867 (aged 79) Saratoga Springs, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic-Republican (Before 1828) Democratic (1828–1867) |
| Spouse(s) | Maria Avery (Deceased 1848) Sarah Ellen (Smith) Hardin (his death) |
| Children | Clarence A. Walworth (1820–1900), Mansfield Tracy Walworth (1830–1873) and 4 daughters |
Reuben Hyde Walworth (October 26, 1788 – November 27, 1867) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician. Although nominated three times to the United States Supreme Court by President John Tyler in 1844, the U.S. Senate never attempted a confirmation vote. Known for his simplification of equity law in the United States, Walworth served as a chancery judge in New York for more than three decades, including nearly two decades as Chancellor of New York (1828 to 1847) before a new state constitution abolished that highest statewide judicial office. Walworth also ran unsuccessfully for Governor of New York in 1848, and received a commission from the U.S. Supreme Court in 1850 concerning the Wheeling Suspension Bridge.
Reuben Walworth was the third son of merchant and American Revolutionary War quartermaster Benjamin Walworth (1746-1812), who after that war (in 1782) had married the widow Apphia (Hyde Cardell) Walworth (1757-1837). Reuben Walworth was born in Bozrah, New London County, Connecticut (his mother's hometown) in 1788, and named to honor a maternal uncle. In 1792 Reuben Walworth received a land grant for his wartime service and moved his family moved to Hoosick, Rensselaer County, New York, where he operated a mill. They had eleven children; most of their sons became associated with the New York state courts. His eldest, John Walsworth (1784-1839) rose the rank of Major during the Revolutionary War and moved to Clinton County, New York where he served many years as clerk of the court before in 1829 moving to New York City and serving as Assistant Registrar of the Court of Chancery. Their second son, James Clinton Walworth (1787-1871), would become a merchant in Argyle, New York before becoming a judge in Otsego County, New York and serving for decades. The fourth son, Dr. Benjamin Walworth (1792 - 1879), became a leading citizen of Fredonia and for decades served as judge in Chautauqua County, New York.
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