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.)
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