Greene Carrier Bronson (November 17, 1789 in

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– September 3, 1863 in

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) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Oliver Bronson (1746–1815, a music teacher and publisher) and Sarah Merrill Bronson (1754–1825). About 1802, the family removed from Simsbury to Cazenovia which was then in

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. He was Surrogate of Oneida County from 1819 to 1821. He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida and Oswego Co.) in

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. He was

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from 1829 to 1836. He was an associate justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1836 to 1845, and chief justice from 1845 to 1847. He was one of the first four judges elected to the New York Court of Appeals at the

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, and was Chief Judge from 1850 to 1851 when he resigned. Bronson was among the founders of

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.Jonathan Lippman, ''The New York Court of Appeals, Albany Law School, and The Albany Law Review: Institutions Dedicated to the Evolution of the Law in New York State'', 75 Alb. L. Rev. 9, 11 (2011/2012) In 1853, he was appointed

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. At the

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, he ran on the Hard Democratic ticket for Governor of New York, but came in last of the four candidates of the major parties. From 1860 to 1862, he was Corporation Counsel of the City of New York. He died on September 3, 1863, in

; and was buried at

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Sources

Death notice, in NYT on September 4, 1863

NY Court of Appeal history

Portrait and short bio, at NY Court history

His funeral, in NYT on September 8, 1863
Google Books
''Genealogical History of the Early Settlers of West Simsbury'' by Abiel Brown (page 12, Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford CT, 1856)

Bronson genealogy, at rootsweb
Google Books
''The New York Civil List'' compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37, 261, 346, 347 and 415; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

External links

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