Peter Hitchcock

| term_start1 = March 4, 1817 | term_end1 = March 3, 1819 | preceded1 = David Clendenin | succeeded1 = John Sloane | state_senate2 = Ohio | term2 = 1812-1815 | state_house3 = Ohio | term3 = 1810 | party = | birth_date = | birth_place = Cheshire, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Painesville, Ohio, U.S. | restingplace = Welton Cemetery, Burton, Ohio, U.S. | alma_mater = Yale University | spouse = | children = 10 }} 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.) Provided by Wikipedia