January 1st, 1812:
Former Justice and President John Adams, after years of having been estranged from his friend turned opponent Thomas Jefferson, sends a warm note to his successor in the Presidency, rekindling a long and plentiful correspondence between the two.
February 13th, 1812:
British troops cross the St. Lawrence’s River into American Quebec, killing American general and Hamilton friend Stephen Van Rensselear. However, the British are held from continuing little more than a few miles into the American interior by a young Lieutenant Colonel Winfield Scott.
February 17th, 1812:
Stephen Van Rensselear, philanthropist, Governor of both New York and Quebec, and American war hero, is laid to rest at a family plot in Albany Rural Cemetery. President Alexander Hamilton, himself a former New York Governor and Rensselear’s successor in the office as well as his commander-in-chief during the war, is in attendance.
April 20th, 1812:
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court George Clinton, a Jefferson appointee, dies of a heart attack. He has been a prominent American statesman for decades. This leaves James Madison the only Republican on the bench.
April 30th, 1812:
Louisiana is admitted as the 20th state in the United States of America.
May 2nd, 1812:
Bowing to regionalist and sectionalist concerns, President Hamilton appoints his first Southerner (not counting Marshall) to the bench, Vice President Bushrod Washington, to replace the late George Clinton.
May 13th, 1812:
Bushrod Washington is confirmed to the Supreme Court, making the position of Vice President vacant. Many wonder what will happen with the first ever vacancy of the Vice Presidency, but the President has plans for that.
Balance of the Supreme Court
Chief Justice: John Marshall (VA) Since 1810, on bench since 1795
Associate Justice: Rufus King (NY) Since 1810
Associate Justice: Elbridge Gerry (MA) Since 1811
Associate Justice: Oliver Wolcott Jr. (CT) since 1811
Associate Justice: Bushrod Washington (VA) since 1812
Associate Justice: James Madison (VA) since 1804
Former Justice and President John Adams, after years of having been estranged from his friend turned opponent Thomas Jefferson, sends a warm note to his successor in the Presidency, rekindling a long and plentiful correspondence between the two.
February 13th, 1812:
British troops cross the St. Lawrence’s River into American Quebec, killing American general and Hamilton friend Stephen Van Rensselear. However, the British are held from continuing little more than a few miles into the American interior by a young Lieutenant Colonel Winfield Scott.
February 17th, 1812:
Stephen Van Rensselear, philanthropist, Governor of both New York and Quebec, and American war hero, is laid to rest at a family plot in Albany Rural Cemetery. President Alexander Hamilton, himself a former New York Governor and Rensselear’s successor in the office as well as his commander-in-chief during the war, is in attendance.
April 20th, 1812:
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court George Clinton, a Jefferson appointee, dies of a heart attack. He has been a prominent American statesman for decades. This leaves James Madison the only Republican on the bench.
April 30th, 1812:
Louisiana is admitted as the 20th state in the United States of America.
May 2nd, 1812:
Bowing to regionalist and sectionalist concerns, President Hamilton appoints his first Southerner (not counting Marshall) to the bench, Vice President Bushrod Washington, to replace the late George Clinton.
May 13th, 1812:
Bushrod Washington is confirmed to the Supreme Court, making the position of Vice President vacant. Many wonder what will happen with the first ever vacancy of the Vice Presidency, but the President has plans for that.
Balance of the Supreme Court
Chief Justice: John Marshall (VA) Since 1810, on bench since 1795
Associate Justice: Rufus King (NY) Since 1810
Associate Justice: Elbridge Gerry (MA) Since 1811
Associate Justice: Oliver Wolcott Jr. (CT) since 1811
Associate Justice: Bushrod Washington (VA) since 1812
Associate Justice: James Madison (VA) since 1804