Peter Hitchcock
Peter Marshall Hitchcock (October 19, 1781–March 4, 1853) was an attorney, teacher, farmer, soldier, legislator, and jurist. His judicial career included 28 years service on the Ohio Supreme Court, 21 years of them as Chief Justice. (Some sources erroneously give his date of death as March 4, 1854.)
Read more about Peter Hitchcock: Early Life, Education and Family, Practice of Law and Early Public Career, Judicial Service, Constitutional Convention of 1850, Retired From Public Life
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