Facts: - death place: philadelphia , pennsylvania - successor: william strong - party: jacksonian , democratic - death date: 25 september 1870 - predecessor: henry baldwin - office: associate justice of the united states supreme court - nominator: james k. polk - birth date: 5 march 1794 - name: robert cooper grier - image: robert cooper grier - brady-handy . jpg - birth place: cumberland county , pennsylvania - religion: presbyterian - termstart: august 4 , 1846 - termend: january 31 , 1870 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert cooper grier .
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robert cooper grier -lrb- march 5 , 1794 -- september 25 , 1870 -rrb- , was an american jurist who served on the supreme court of the united states .