Nathan Weston

Born in Augusta, Weston graduated from Dartmouth College in 1803 and read law to gain admission to the bar in Boston, Massachusetts, in July 1806. He was appointed Chief Justice of the 2nd Circuit Court of the District of Maine in 1811, and then Associate Justice Supreme Judicial Court July 1, 1820, becoming chief justice on October 22, 1834, and serving in that capacity until October 21, 1841. He died in Augusta.Maine Genealogy Archives, [http://archives.mainegenealogy.net/2008/05/maine-supreme-judicial-court-justices.html Maine Supreme Judicial Court Justices, 1820-1920].{{cite web|url=https://legislature.maine.gov/lawlibrary/maine-supreme-court-chief-and-associate-justices/9284/|title=Maine Supreme Court Chief and Associate Justices|publisher=Maine State Legislature|access-date=December 24, 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.cleaves.org/sjcbios1.htm|title=The Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Maine, 1820 to 2009|publisher=Nathan & Henry B. Cleaves Law Library|access-date=December 22, 2019}}

In 1827, he purchased what is now known as the Fuller-Weston House. His grandson, Melville Weston Fuller, was the eighth Chief Justice of the United States from 1888 to 1910.

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Category:1782 births

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Category:People from Augusta, Maine

Category:American people of English descent

Category:Justices of the Maine Supreme Judicial Court

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