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As a boy, Joseph studied at the Marblehead Academy until the fall of 1794, where he was taught by schoolmaster [[William Harris (academic)|William Harris]], later president of [[Columbia University]]. At Marblehead he chastised a fellow schoolmate and Harris responded by beating him in front of the school; his father withdrew him immediately afterward.<ref>Newmyer, p. 21</ref> Story was accepted at [[Harvard University]] in January 1795;<ref>Dunne, p. 23</ref> he joined Adelphi, a student-run literary review, and was admitted to the [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]].<ref>Newmyer, p. 27</ref> |
As a boy, Joseph studied at the Marblehead Academy until the fall of 1794, where he was taught by schoolmaster [[William Harris (academic)|William Harris]], later president of [[Columbia University]]. At Marblehead he chastised a fellow schoolmate and Harris responded by beating him in front of the school; his father withdrew him immediately afterward.<ref>Newmyer, p. 21</ref> Story was accepted at [[Harvard University]] in January 1795;<ref>Dunne, p. 23</ref> he joined Adelphi, a student-run literary review, and was admitted to the [[Phi Beta Kappa Society]].<ref>Newmyer, p. 27</ref> |
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After his college graduation, Story [[Reading law|studied law]] under [[Samuel Sewall (congressman)|Samuel Sewall]] and Samuel Putnam and attained [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admission to the bar]] in July 1801.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Spencer |editor-first=Mark G. |date= February 26, 2015|title=The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZ2yBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1003 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |pages=1003–1004 |isbn=978-1-4742-4980-5 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Story practiced in [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]]. A [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]], Story served in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1805 to 1807.<ref name="Bennett">{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Charles G., Secretary of the Senate |author-link=Charles G. Bennett |date=1913 |title=A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774-1911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=maIlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1031 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1031 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> From 1807 to 1809 he was the state attorney for [[Essex County, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts |date=1922 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=845 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3EMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref> In 1808, he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]], filling the vacancy caused by the death of [[Jacob Crowninshield]].<ref name="Bennett"/> He served a partial term, May 23, 1808, to March 3, 1809.<ref name="Bennett"/> He was not a candidate for a full term, and resumed practicing law.<ref name="Bennett"/> In 1811, Story returned to the state House of Representatives, and was selected to serve as [[List of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]].<ref name="Bennett"/> |
After his college graduation, Story [[Reading law|studied law]] under [[Samuel Sewall (congressman)|Samuel Sewall]] and Samuel Putnam and attained [[Admission to the bar in the United States|admission to the bar]] in July 1801.<ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Spencer |editor-first=Mark G. |date= February 26, 2015|title=The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment |volume=1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qZ2yBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA1003 |location=New York, NY |publisher=Bloomsbury Academic |pages=1003–1004 |isbn=978-1-4742-4980-5 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> Story practiced in [[Salem, Massachusetts|Salem]]. A [[Democratic-Republican Party|Democratic-Republican]], Story served in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] from 1805 to 1807.<ref name="Bennett">{{cite book |last=Bennett |first=Charles G., Secretary of the Senate |author-link=Charles G. Bennett |date=1913 |title=A Biographical Congressional Directory, 1774-1911 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=maIlAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA1031 |location=Washington, DC |publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office |page=1031 |via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> From 1807 to 1809 he was the state attorney for [[Essex County, Massachusetts]].<ref>{{cite book |title=Municipal History of Essex County in Massachusetts |date=1922 |publisher=Lewis Historical Publishing Company |page=845 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C3EMAAAAYAAJ |access-date=7 August 2023}}</ref> In 1808, he was elected to the [[United States House of Representatives]], filling the vacancy caused by the death of [[Jacob Crowninshield]].<ref name="Bennett"/> He served a partial term, May 23, 1808, to March 3, 1809.<ref name="Bennett"/> He was not a candidate for a full term, and resumed practicing law.<ref name="Bennett"/> In 1811, Story returned to the state House of Representatives, and was selected to serve as [[List of speakers of the Massachusetts House of Representatives|Speaker of the House]].<ref name="Bennett"/> |
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Story's wife, Mary Lynde Fitch Oliver, died in June 1805, shortly after their marriage and two months after the death of his father. In August 1808, he married Sarah Waldo Wetmore, the daughter of Judge William Wetmore of Boston. They had seven children but only two, Mary and [[William Wetmore Story]], would survive to adulthood. Their son became a noted poet and sculptor—his bust of his father was mounted in the Harvard Law School Library—who would later publish ''The Life and Letters of Joseph Story'' (2 vols., Boston and London, 1851). |
Story's wife, Mary Lynde Fitch Oliver, died in June 1805, shortly after their marriage and two months after the death of his father. In August 1808, he married Sarah Waldo Wetmore, the daughter of Judge William Wetmore of Boston. They had seven children but only two, Mary and [[William Wetmore Story]], would survive to adulthood. Their son became a noted poet and sculptor—his bust of his father was mounted in the Harvard Law School Library—who would later publish ''The Life and Letters of Joseph Story'' (2 vols., Boston and London, 1851). ''Volume I'' and [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_smMsAAAAMAAJ <!-- quote=Internet Archive The Life and Letters of Joseph Story (2 vols., Boston and London, 1851). --> ''Volume II''] |
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Longtime Washington journalist [[Benjamin Perley Poore]] wrote that, though the entire Supreme Court of that day was known for its joviality, the leading exemplar of good humor there was Story, "who used to assert that every man should laugh at least an hour during each day, and who had himself a great fund of humorous anecdotes."<ref name=Poore>[https://archive.org/details/perleysreminisce00poor/page/n304/mode/1up?view=theater Poore, Ben. Perley, ''Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis'', Vol.1, p.295 (1886)].</ref> |
Longtime Washington journalist [[Benjamin Perley Poore]] wrote that, though the entire Supreme Court of that day was known for its joviality, the leading exemplar of good humor there was Story, "who used to assert that every man should laugh at least an hour during each day, and who had himself a great fund of humorous anecdotes."<ref name=Poore>[https://archive.org/details/perleysreminisce00poor/page/n304/mode/1up?view=theater Poore, Ben. Perley, ''Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis'', Vol.1, p.295 (1886)].</ref> |
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