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Joseph Story was an American lawyer, jurist, and politician who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Ma
Story in 1844
Portrait of Story by George Peter Alexander Healy
Bust of Joseph Story, sculpted by his son William Wetmore Story, currently on display at the United States Supreme Court building
Story's grave
Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States is a three-volume treatise written by Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States Joseph Story and published in 1833. In these Com
Joseph Story
…States from 1812 to 1845. He is most remembered for his opinions in Martin v. Hunter's Lessee and United States v. The Amistad, and especially for his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, first published in 1833. Dominating the field in the 19th century, this work is a cornerstone of early American jurisprudence. It is the second…
The title page of volume I of the first edition of Story's Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States (1833)
Justice Joseph Story in 1827