Greene Carrier Bronson was an American lawyer and politician from New York

New York

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Life

He was the son of Oliver Bronson (1746–1815, a music teacher and publisher) and Sarah Merrill Bronson (1754–1825). About 1802, the family removed from Simsbury to Cazenovia

Cazenovia (town), New York

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 which was then in Oneida County, New York

Oneida County, New York

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He was Surrogate

Surrogate Court

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 of Oneida County from 1819 to 1821. He was a member of the New York State Assembly

New York State Assembly

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 (Oneida and Oswego

Oswego County, New York

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 Co.) in 1822

45th New York State Legislature

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He was New York Attorney General from 1829 to 1836. He was an associate justice of the New York State Supreme Court from 1836 to 1845, and Chief Justice from 1845 to 1847. He was one of the first four judges elected to the New York Court of Appeals

New York Court of Appeals

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 in 1847

New York special judicial election, 1847

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, and was Chief Judge from 1850 to 1851 when he resigned.

In 1853, he was appointed Collector of the Port of New York

Collector of the Port of New York

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. In 1854, on the Barnburner

Barnburners and Hunkers

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 ticket, he was one of five candidates for Governor of New York, but was defeated by Myron H. Clark

Myron H. Clark

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, coming in last with only 7% of the votes. From 1860 to 1862, he was Corporation Counsel of the City of New York.

He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery

Green-Wood Cemetery

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 in Brooklyn.

Sources

• http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html List of New York Attorneys General
• http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bronson.html Political Graveyard (giving wrong death date)
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9B02EEDF143FE23BBC4C53DFBF668388679FDE Death notice, in NYT on September 4, 1863
• http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/elecbook/thereshallbe/pg106.htm NY Court of Appeal history
• http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history/Gallery_2.htm Portrait and short bio, at NY Court history
• http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9807E6D9163EEE34BC4053DFBF668388679FDE His funeral, in NYT on September 8, 1863
• Google Book Genealogical History of the Early Settlers of West Simsbury by Abiel Brown (page 12, Case, Tiffany & Co., Hartford CT, 1856)
• http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/BRONSON/2004-03/1078401055 Bronson genealogy, at rootsweb
• http://www.oag.state.ny.us/previous_aglist.html List of NY State Attorneys General, at Office of the Att. Gal. of NY
• Google Book The New York Civil List compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough (pages 37, 261, 346, 347 and 415; Weed, Parsons and Co., 1858)

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