Nathan Weston (July 1782 – 1872) was a justice of the

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from July 1, 1820 to October 21, 1841, serving as chief justice from October 22, 1834 to October 21, 1841. Born in Augusta, Weston graduated from

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in 1803 and

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to gain admission to the bar in Boston, Massachusetts, in July 1806. He was appointed Chief Justice of the 2nd Circuit Court of the District of Maine in 1811, and then Associate Justice Supreme Judicial Court July 1, 1820, becoming chief justice on October 22, 1834, and serving in that capacity until October 21, 1841. He died in Augusta.Maine Genealogy Archives
Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920
In 1827, he purchased what is now known as the

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. His grandson,

Melville Weston Fuller Melville Weston Fuller (February 11, 1833 – July 4, 1910) was an American politician, attorney, and jurist who served as the eighth chief justice of the United States from 1888 until his death in 1910. Staunch conservatism marked his ...

, was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910.

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1782 births 1872 deaths People from Augusta, Maine American people of English descent Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court 19th-century American judges {{US-state-judge-stub