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Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1793 to 1806, appointed by Washington, and a delegate who proposed the New Jersey Plan at the 1787 Constitutional Convention.
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William Paterson ranks #183 of 270 in the Judge ranking, behind Kimba Wood, ahead of Edward Douglas White.
Significant founder and early justice with New Jersey Plan legacy; judicial output respected but not transformative.
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