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Paterson was named for William Paterson, statesman, signer of the Constitution and Governor of New Jersey, who signed the 1792 charter that established the Town of Paterson. [31] [32]
William Paterson was born in Antrim in northern Ireland on December 24, 1745. His father, Richard Paterson, brought the family to British America two years later, landing in Delaware.
Sep 5, 2024 · William Paterson (born December 24, 1745, County Antrim, Ireland—died September 9, 1806, Albany, New York, U.S.) was an Irish-born American jurist, one of the framers of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. senator (1789–90), and governor of New Jersey (1790–93).
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William Paterson (December 24, 1745 – September 9, 1806) was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States.
May 11, 2018 · William Paterson (1745-1806) was a leading advocate of the interests of the small states at the American Constitutional Convention of 1787. As a justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, he sought to strengthen the Federal government.
Resigning his seat in 1790, he served as governor of New Jersey until 1793, when President George Washington named him an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. The city of Paterson, N.J., was named for him.
The town of Paterson, New Jersey, founded in 1791 as an industrial site on the Great Falls of the Passaic River by the Society for Establishing Useful Manufactures, was named in honour of William Paterson.
