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that year President Clapp wrote in his journal: “Oliver Ellsworth and Waightstill Avery, at the desire of their respective parents, were dismissed from being members of this college.’’ Apparently there was no hard feel- ing, though, for Ellsworth sent all his sons to Yale for their education. Young Ellsworth wanted to be a lawyer, not a preacher, and because of his stubborn persistence in this course his father cut off his allowance. Unable to buy a horse, he frequently walked from Windsor to court in Hart- ford and back, a distance of twenty miles, in a day. His practice increased rapidly and he soon removed to Hartford, where he took his place at the head of the Connecticut bar and amassed a considerable fortune. For six years he served in the Continental Congress, and in the Constitutional Con- vention of 1787 he was the chief advocate of the “Connecticut Com- promise,’’ which adjusted some of the differences between the large and the small States. Upon the organization of the new Federal Government he became one of Connecticut’s first two Senators. He was the chief author of the bill organizing the Federal judiciary and John Adams referred to him as “the firmest pillar of Washington’s administration.’’ In those days the Chief Justice, as well as the Associate Justices, had to ride the circuit and Ells- worth found the task a severe strain on his constitution. His talents and temperament fitted him for the work of the advocate and legislator rather than for purely judicial business. A great lawyer rather than a great judge, what fame he was entitled to was eclipsed by the luster of his great suc- cessor. Chief Justice Ellsworth had several peculiar personal habits. Ad- dicted to snuff, his one vice, he would often become so absorbed in a task that he would unconsciously take out the powdered tobacco and instead of putting it in his nose place it in tiny cone-shaped piles on the floor around his chair. He regularly talked to himself, even in the presence of others.
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