George A. Brayton

Born in Warwick, Rhode Island, Brayton graduated from Brown University in 1824, and studied law in the office of Albert C. Greene, afterwards Attorney-General of the State and United States Senator, and at the Litchfield Law School.

[1] In June 1843 Brayton was elected an associate justice of the Rhode Island Supreme Court, and on March 13, 1868, after nearly twenty-five years of service, became chief justice.

Brayton resigned on May 28, 1874, after the longest term of judicial service in the history of the State.

[1][2] Brayton lived for a time at the historic Gen. James Mitchell Varnum House in East Greenwich, Rhode Island.

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