William Paterson was an American statesman, lawyer, jurist, and signer of the United States Constitution. He was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court, the second governor of New Jersey, and a Founding Father of the United States.
- Occupation
- politician, lawyer, judge, governor
- Position held
- Member of the State Senate of New Jersey, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Governor of New Jersey, New Jersey Attorney General
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- December 24, 1745
- Died
