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David Brearley (often spelled
Brearly) (
June 11,
1745–
August 16,
1790) was a delegate to the
U.S. Constitutional Convention and signed the
U.S. Constitution on behalf of
New Jersey.
Born in
Spring Grove, New Jersey, he was a graduate of the College of New Jersey, which later became
Princeton University. David was 5' 7" tall and weighed 185 lb. He maintained this weight until his retirement, when he gained 20 lb. Upon graduating, he practiced law in
Allentown, New Jersey and resided in
Lawrenceville, New Jersey.
With the outbreak of the
American Revolutionary War, Brearley was at first a captain in the
Monmouth County militia, and rose to the rank of colonel in
Nathaniel Heard's New Jersey militia brigade. From 1776 to 1779 he served in the
New Jersey Line of the
Continental Army, seeing action at
Brandywine,
Germantown, and
Monmouth.
Brearley resigned from the army in 1779 to serve as the
New Jersey Supreme Court Chief Justice. He decided on the famous
Holmes v. Walton case where he ruled that the judiciary had the authority to declare whether laws were unconstitutional or not. He held the seat until 1789.
While at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 at the age of 42, he served on the panel that decided how long the President's term should be. After signing the Constitution in 1787, he headed up New Jersey's committee that approved the Constitution. In 1789, he was a
Presidential elector and was appointed a federal district judge by President
George Washington. He died a few months later.
Brearley was the first Grand Master of the New Jersey Masonic Lodge.
He is buried in the churchyard of
Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in
Trenton, New Jersey.
David Brearley High School in
Kenilworth, New Jersey, was named in his honor.
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