Andrew Kirkpatrick (lawyer)

Andrew Kirkpatrick (1756–1831) was an American lawyer, politician, and jurist from New Jersey.

Biography

Andrew Kirkpatrick was born in Mine Brook, New Jersey on February 17, 1756. He graduated from the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in 1775. In 1804, he became the chief justice of that Court, and remained so until 1825.

For many years Kirkpatrick was a trustee of the College of New Jersey, and trustee of Queen's College (now Rutgers) from 1792 to 1809. He also served as a vice-president of the American Bible Society. He died on January 7, 1831, at New Brunswick, New Jersey.

Sources

• The Political Graveyard