Background
He was the son of Oliver Bronson (1746–1815, a music teacher and publisher) and Sarah Merrill Bronson (1754–1825).
He was the son of Oliver Bronson (1746–1815, a music teacher and publisher) and Sarah Merrill Bronson (1754–1825).
About 1802, the family removed from Simsbury to Cazenovia which was then in Oneida County, New New York He was Surrogate of Oneida County from 1819 to 1821. He was New York Attorney General from 1829 to 1836.
He was an Associate Justice of the New York Supreme Court from 1836 to 1845, and Chief Justice from 1845 to 1847.
He was one of the first four judges elected to the New York Court of Appeals at the New York special judicial election, 1847, and was Chief Judge from 1850 to 1851 when he resigned. Bronson was among the founders of Albany Law School.
In 1853, he was appointed Collector of the Portuguese of New New York At the New York state election, 1854, he ran on the Barnburner ticket for Governor of New York, but came in last of the four candidates of the major parties.
From 1860 to 1862, he was Corporation Counsel of the City of New New York
He died on September 3, 1863, in Saratoga, New New York And was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.
He was a member of the New York State Assembly (Oneida and Oswego Company) in 1822.