Edwards Pierrepont
Former United States Attorney General
Edwards Pierrepont was an American attorney, reformer, jurist, traveler, New York U.S. Attorney, U.S. Attorney General, U.S. Minister to England, and orator. Having graduated from Yale in 1837, Pierrepont studied law and was admitted to the bar in... Wikipedia
Born: March 4, 1817, North Haven, CT
Died: March 6, 1892 (age 75 years), New York, NY
Party: Republican Party
Previous offices: United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (1876–1877), United States Attorney General (1875–1876), and United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1869–1870)
Partner: Margaretta Willoughby Pierrepont
Education: Yale University, Yale Law School, and Hopkins School