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Henry Wheaton
Portrait of Henry Wheaton by George Peter Alexander Healy, c. 1847
2nd United States Minister to Prussia
In office September 29, 1837 – July 18, 1846 Chargé d'affaires: June 9, 1835 to September 29, 1837
President
Andrew Jackson Martin Van Buren William Henry Harrison John Tyler James K. Polk
Preceded by
John Quincy Adams (1797)
Succeeded by
Andrew Jackson Donelson
1st United States Minister to Denmark
In office September 20, 1827 – May 29, 1835
President
John Quincy Adams Andrew Jackson
Preceded by
Diplomatic relations established
Succeeded by
Jonathan F. Woodside
3rd Reporter of Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office 1816–1827
Preceded by
William Cranch
Succeeded by
Richard Peters
Personal details
Born
Henry Wheaton
(1785-11-27)November 27, 1785 Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.
Died
March 11, 1848(1848-03-11) (aged 62) Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Alma mater
Brown University
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Henry Wheaton (November 27, 1785 – March 11, 1848) was an American lawyer, jurist and diplomat.[1][2] He was the third reporter of decisions for the United States Supreme Court, the first U.S. minister to Denmark, and the second U.S. minister to Prussia.
^Hicks, Frederick C. (1936). "Wheaton, Henry". In Malone, Dumas (ed.). Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. 20 (Werden-Zunser). New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. pp. 39–42. Retrieved April 19, 2018 – via Internet Archive.
^Gilman, Daniel Coit; Peck, Harry Thurston; Colby, Frank Moore, eds. (1904). "WHEATON, Henry". The New International Encyclopaedia. Vol. XVII (TYP-ZYR). New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. p. 679. hdl:2027/mdp.39015053671221. Retrieved February 23, 2019 – via HathiTrust Digital Library.
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