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Third Chief Justice of the United States, serving from 1796 to 1800, and a principal drafter of the Judiciary Act of 1789 that established the federal court system's structure.
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Oliver Ellsworth ranks #175 of 270 in the Judge ranking, behind John Marshall Harlan II, ahead of Amy Berman Jackson.
Important early Chief Justice and Judiciary Act architect; limited judicial legacy compared with later transformative figures.
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