William Paterson biography

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William Paterson was a delegate to the state constitutional convention (1776), and from 1776 to 1783 was attorney general of New Jersey. In 1787 Paterson headed the NJ delegation to the federal Constitutional Convention and was elected one of the state's first two U.S. senators. He served as governor of New Jersey until 1793, when he was named an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.