Robert Cooper Grier
Born: March 5, 1794
Birthplace: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Father: Isaac Grier 1763 – 1814
(Buried: Riverview Cemetery, Northumberland, Pennsylvania)
Mother: Elizabeth Cooper 1762 – 1844
Wife: Isabella Rose 1807 – 1886
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Married: 1829
Children:
Sarah Rose Grier Beck 1830 – 1926
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Mary Rose Grier Smith 1832 – 1900
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Dr. William Potter Grier 1834 – 1866
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Elizabeth Cooper Grier Mayer 1837 – 1913
(Buried: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes–Barre, Pennsylvania)
Isabella Rose Grier 1839 – 1851
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Helen Grier LeConte 1842 – 1917
(Buried: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania)
Political Party: Democratic Party
Education:
1812: Graduated from Dickinson College
Occupation before War:
1817 – 1818: Attorney in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania
1818 – 1833: Attorney in Danville, Pennsylvania
1833 – 1846: President Judge District Court of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
1846 – 1870: Associate Justice of United States Supreme Court
1847: Ruled in favor of Moffat in the case of Cook v. Moffat.
1851: Case of United States V. Hanway
Believer of all good Christians must reject the abolitionist cause.
1852: Author of majority opinion in case of Richmond, Fredericksburg, and Potomac Railroad Company V. Louisa Railroad Company
1852: Supporter of Illinois Law that punished any citizen who hid runaway slaves.
1854: Investigated by House Judiciary Committee due to conduct in the case of Pennsylvania v. Wheeling and Belmont Bridge Company
1857: Ruled with the Majority in the Dred Scott v. Sandford Case.
Distant Cousin of Future Vice President Alexander Stephens.
Civil War Career:
1846 – 1870: Associate Justice of United States Supreme Court
1861 – 1865: Supporter of the Lincoln Administration.
1862: Discontinued Circuit riding.
1863: Author of the opinion on the Prize Cases Which declared the blockade of the southern ports as Constitutional.
Despised Disunion as much as he did abolitionism.
Occupation after War:
1846 – 1870: Associate Justice of United States Supreme Court
1867: Suffered from the effects of three strokes.
1870: Retired from Supreme Court after pressured by his colleagues.
Died: September 25, 1870
Place of Death: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Age at time of Death: 76 years old
Burial Place: West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania
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