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Newton Hazelton Porter (April 13, 1877 – 1945) was a justice of the
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from 1938 to 1945. Hazelton was born on April 13, 1877, in
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, the son of Edward Baldwin and Emma Jane (Hazelton) Porter. He was educated at evening school, he received
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from
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in 1902. Admitted to New Jersey bar as attorney in 1904 and as counsellor in 1907. He practiced law from 1910 to 1924 until being appointed for judgeship. From 1921 to 1923, Porter served as the President of the
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. He was a judge on the Court Common Pleas in Essex County from 1924 to 1926 and on the Circuit Court from 1926 to 1938. He was appointed to Supreme Court in 1938 and served until his death in 1945.


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List of justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Current justices , List of justices before 1947 Before 1947 and particularly after 1844, the structure of the New Jersey state judiciary was incredibly complex. In some cases, it is not entirely clear whether the following justices served on th ...


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Porter, Newton Hazelton 1877 births 1945 deaths Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey New Jersey lawyers Politicians from Somerville, New Jersey New York University alumni