Benjamin Robbins Curtis Judge

Benjamin Robbins Curtis (November 4, 1809 – September 15, 1874) was an American attorney and United States Supreme Court Justice.Curtis was the first and only Whig justice of the Supreme Court. He was also the first Supreme Court justice to have a formal legal degree and is the only justice to have resigned from the court over a matter of principle. He successfully acted as chief counsel for President Andrew Johnson during the first presidential impeachment trial and is notable as one of the two dissenters in the Dred Scott decision.

Personal facts

Birth date	November 04, 1809
Birth place	Watertown Massachusetts , Massachusetts
Religion	Anglicanism Unitarianism
Date of death	September 15, 1874
Place of death	Newport Rhode Island