term from seven years to four years, freed him to seek re-election, and moved impeachment trials from the courts to the Senate. They also created the vice president, whose only role was to succeed the president and preside over the Senate. This also transferred important powers from the Senate to the president, who was given the power (which had been given to the senate by Rutledge's committee) to make treaties and appoint ambassadors. He ultimately signed the finished Constitution. Federal judicial service Brearley was nominated by President George Washington on September 25, 1789, to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, to a new seat authorized by . He was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 25, 1789, and received his commission on September 26, 1789. His service terminated on August 16, 1790, due to his death in Trenton. Death He is interred in the churchyard of Saint Michael's Episcopal Church in Trenton, and a cenotaph was placed there in 1924. Legacy At the close of the Revolutionary War, Brearly became one of the founding members of the Society of the Cincinnati in the State of New Jersey and served as the state society's vice president from 1783 until his death in 1790. In 1789, he was elected to the American Philosophical Society. David Brearley High School in Kenilworth, New Jersey was named in his honor. Brearley Street in Madison, Wisconsin, is named in his honor. Brearley Crescent in Waldwick, New Jersey, is named in his honor. Brearley Lodge No.2 Masonic Lodge in Bridgeton, New Jersey, is named in his honor. References Sources Biography From NARA Colonial Hall Biography External links Brearley House, Lawrence Historical Society Further reading Scarinci, Donald. David Brearley and the Making of the United States Constitution. New Jersey Heritage Press, 2005. Signers of the United States Constitution 1745 births 1790 deaths Continental Army officers from New Jersey Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Justices of the Supreme Court of New Jersey Judges of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey 18th-century American Episcopalians Princeton University alumni United States federal judges appointed by George Washington 18th-century American judges People of colonial New Jersey Burials in New Jersey People of New Jersey in the American Revolution Founding Fathers of the United States