Stephen Mix Mitchell

Stephen Mix Mitchell ( born December 9, 1743 Wethersfield, Connecticut; † September 30, 1835 ibid ) was an American politician and lawyer.

Mitchell attended Yale College, where he graduated in 1763. From 1766 to 1769 he was there even a lecturer. After graduating in law, he was admitted to the bar in 1770 and worked as a lawyer in Newton. In 1772, he returned to his native city.

Politically, he was active from 1778, when he became a member of the state Legislature of Connecticut, where he remained until 1784. Subsequently, he worked with the exception of 1786 at the State council until 1793. In 1779 he also took over the office of Associate Judge at the Court of Hartford County; From 1790 to 1793 he held the chair.

1785 Mitchell was appointed to the Continental Congress, where he remained until 1788; In the same year he was a member of the State Convention which ratified the Constitution of the United States. When Roger Sherman, U.S. Senator for Connecticut, died in July 1793, Mitchell was nominated by Governor Samuel Huntington as his successor. He was Senator of December 2, 1793 to March 3, 1795 belonged to the pro- Administration Group, which supported the policies of George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. To re-election, he did not bother because he returned to Connecticut and there occupied a seat on the Supreme Court. Meanwhile, Chief Justice, he was from 1807 until his retirement in 1814.

In 1800 he was once more politically active than the Federalist Party nominated him to the Electoral College, the majority, however, chose Thomas Jefferson of the Democratic-Republican party as the new U.S. president. In 1818 he was finally a member of the Constitutional Convention of Connecticut.

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