Continental Congressman, Lawyer, Judge. He was a United States Representative from the State of Connecticut. He was born one of three children to Jonathan Law (1674-1750), and his wife Eunice Hall Law (1700-1774), in Milford, Connecticut, on March 7, 1733. He was baptized on March 11, 1733. He also had eight half-siblings. His father was the 27th Governor of the Colony of Connecticut. He was educated locally and pursued classical studies before attending and graduating from the prestigious Yale College in 1751. He then studied law, was admitted to the bar in January of 1755, and began his practice of law in Milford, Connecticut, from 1755 to 1757. He also practiced law in New London, Connecticut, from 1757 to 1765, and took an interest in politics shortly thereafter. He then served as a Justice of the Peace for New London, Connecticut, from 1765 to 1775, and a term as a Member of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1765 to 1776. He also served as Chief Judge of the New London, Connecticut, Court from 1773 to 1784, Clerk of the Connecticut General Assembly from 1774 to 1776, and as a Member of the Connecticut Council of Safety in May of 1776. He successively was elected as a Delegate to the First Continental Congress, the Second Continental Congress, and the Congress of the Confederation in 1774, 1776, 1777, and again from 1780 to 1783. He also served as Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court in New London, Connecticut, from 1784 to 1789, and as Chief Judge of the Connecticut Superior Court from 1786 to 1789. He was also the First Democratic-Republican Nominee for Governor of Connecticut in 1801, before being succeeded in 1802 and again in 1803, by Ephraim Kirby (1757-1804), the Revolutionary War Soldier, who published the first volume of law reports in the United States, and was the first General High Priest of the Royal Arch Masons of the United States, and was the first Judge of the Superior Court of the Mississippi Territory. He also served a term as the Mayor of New London, Connecticut, from 1784 to 1806, and was personally appointed by then-President of the United States George Washington (1732-1799), to serve as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on September 24, 1806, to a new seat authorized by 1 Stat. 73. He was then confirmed by the United States Senate on September 26, 1789, and received his commission the same day. He served in that post from September 26, 1789, until his death in office on January 26, 1806, at the age of 72. Following his term in office as Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, he was succeeded by the incoming Pierpont Edwards (1750-1826), a United States Representative, a United States Attorney and Judge, and a Delegate to the Congress of the Confederation on February 24, 1806. On an interesting note, one of the most famous cases he presided over was the trial of twelve-year-old Hannah Ocuish, a half-Pequot Indian girl, for the murder of six-year-old Eunice Bolles. Following the conclusion of the trial, he sentenced the young girl to death on October 16, 1786. She was hanged for her crime on December 20, 1786, three months shy of her thirteenth birthday. He passed away in New London, Connecticut, on January 26, 1806, at the age of 72, and he was buried in Cedar Grove Cemetery in New London, Connecticut. He was married to Anna Prentis Law (1743-1814), in New London, Connecticut, on September 21, 1760, with whom he had five children Richard Law (1763-1845), Benjamin Law (1767-1812), Nancy Law Brown (1768-1949), Lyman Law (1770-1842), and Prentis Law (1779-1811). His son Lyman Law (1770-1842), was a United States Representative and he was also the grandfather of United States Representative John Law (1796-1873).