What is Oliver Ellsworth?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Oliver Ellsworth | image = Oliver ellsworth.jpeg | imagesize = | caption = | office = [[Chief Justice of the United States#List of chief justices|3rd]] [[Chief Justice of the United States|Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States]] | term = March 4, 1796&nbsp;– September 30, 1800<ref name='fedjudcenter'>{{cite news | title=Federal Judicial Center: Oliver Ellsworth | date=2009-12-12 | url=http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/tGetInfo?jid=705 | access-date = 2009-12-12 }}</ref> | nominator = [[George Washington]] | appointer = | predecessor = [[John Rutledge]] | successor = [[John Marshall]] | jr/sr2 = United States Senator | term_start2 = March 4, 1789 | term_end2 = March 8, 1796 | state2 = [[Connecticut]] | predecessor2 = ''None'' | successor2 = [[James Hillhouse]] | birth_date = {{Birth date|1745|4|29|mf=y}} | birth_place = [[Windsor, Connecticut|Windsor]], [[Connecticut]], [[Thirteen Colonies]], [[British Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1807|11|26|1745|4|29|mf=y}} | death_place = [[Windsor, Connecticut|Windsor]], [[Connecticut]], [[United States]] | spouse = Abigail Wolcott | children = 9 | signature = O Ellsworth Signature.svg | alma_mater = [[Yale University]]<br>[[Princeton University|College of New Jersey]] (Now [[Princeton University]]) | party = [[Federalist]] }} '''Oliver Ellsworth''' (April 29, 1745 &ndash; November 26, 1807) was an [[Americans|American]] lawyer and politician. He was against [[Kingdom of Great Britain|British]] rule, a drafter of the [[United States Constitution]], [[United States Senator]] from [[Connecticut]], and the third [[Chief Justice of the United States]]. While at the [[Federal Convention]], Ellsworth moved to strike the word ''National'' from the motion made by [[Edmund Randolph]] of [[Virginia]]. Randolph had moved successfully to call the government the ''National Government of United States''. Ellsworth moved that the