Robert Troup

1757–1832 · Elizabethtown, NJ

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of New YorkJudgeGeorge WashingtonDec 10, 1796Resignation, Apr 4, 1798

Education

  • Read law
  • King's College (now Columbia University), 1774

Professional Career

Continental Army lieutenant colonel, 1776-1780; Secretary, Board of War, 1778; Secretary, Board of Treasury, 1779-1780; Private practice, Albany, New York, 1782-1783; Private practice, New York City, 1784-1796, 1798-1804; State assemblyman, New York, 1786; Clerk of court, U.S. District Court, District of New York, 1789-1796; Agent for Sir William Pulteney's estates in western New York, 1801-1832

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