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  1. Jeremiah Sullivan Black (January 10, 1810 – August 19, 1883) was an American statesman and lawyer. He served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (1851–1857) and as the Court's Chief Justice (1851–1854).

  2. Jeremiah Sullivan Black (born Jan. 10, 1810, Stony Creek, Pa., U.S.—died Aug. 19, 1883, Brockie, Pa.) was a U.S. attorney general during Pres. James Buchanan’s administration who counseled a firm stand by the federal government against secession.

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  3. On February 28, 1861, he instructed U.S. diplomatic representatives abroad to caution their respective governments against recognition of the Confederacy. When President Lincoln was inaugurated in March of 1861, Black left office at odds with his fellow Democrats.

  4. Jeremiah Sullivan Black was born in 1810 near Stony Creek, Pennsylvania. He studied the law, was admitted to the state bar in 1830, and then began serving as deputy attorney general for Somerset County. In 1842, Black was appointed presiding judge of the court of common pleas.

  5. Jeremiah S. Black served on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court (1851–1857), as U.S. Attorney General (1857–1860), U.S. Secretary of State (1860–1861), and U.S. Supreme Court reporter (1861–1862). He advised andrew johnson during the early phase of his impeachment, and defended Samuel Tilden's claim to the presidency in the disputed election ...

  6. Contributor: Black, Jeremiah S. (Jeremiah Sullivan) Date: 1886 Image 15 of Essays and speeches of Jeremiah S. Black BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH. 3 quest was almost too great a one to be preferred, but finally said, Father, I wish you would bring me Shakespeare s plays.

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  8. Jeremiah Sullivan Black, the twenty-sixth Secretary. of State of the United States, succeeded Lewis Cass, of Michigan, in that office, December 17, 1860, and. served during the remainder of President Buchanan's administration, a period of two and one-half months.