Story, Joseph
lawyer, jurist, state legislator, congressman, author, was born Sept. 18, 1779, in Marblehead, Mass. He was a member of the Massachusetts state legislature in 1805, and was elected speaker.
During the years 1808 and 1809 he was a representative in congress; and in 1811 was appointed a judge of the supreme court of the United States, which office he held until his death. He was the author of The Power of Solitude, with Fugitive Poems, a somewhat callow performance; and his first legal production, which appeared in 1805, was a Selection of Pleadings in Civil Actions. His subsequent works include, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States; The Conflict of Laws, his most able effort; Equity Jurisprudence; The Law of Agency; Law of Bailments; Equity Pleadings; Law of Partnership; Law of Promissory Notes; and Miscellaneous Writings. He died Sept. 10, 1845, in Cambridge, Mass.