Jesse Root

Jesse Root

Jesse Root (December 28, 1736 – March 29, 1822) was an American minister and lawyer from Coventry, Connecticut. During the American Revolution he served on the Connecticut Council of Safety and in the Connecticut militia. He was a delegate to the Continental Congress for Connecticut from 1778 until 1782, and sat as chief justice of the state's Supreme Court from 1796 to 1807 as well as a state court judge. He also served in the Connecticut House of Representatives and served in the Connecticut Constitutional Convention.^[1]

References

1. ^ Jesse Root

• Jesse Root at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

External links

• A short text on the origin of Connecticut's laws by Root (1798)

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Name	Root, Jesse
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Short description	American politician
Date of birth	December 28, 1736
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Date of death	March 29, 1822
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