Life
Harris grew up on a farm, and graduated from Union College in 1824. Then he studied law in Albany, and in 1828 was admitted to the bar.
He was a Whig/Anti-Rent member of the New York State Assembly (Albany Co.) in 1845 and 1846. He was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention of 1846. He was a member of the New York State Senate (3rd D.) in 1847.
He was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (3rd D.) from 1847 to 1859, and was ex officio a judge of the New York Court of Appeals in 1850 and 1858.
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