nine-tenths of cases arising under the Constitution and laws of the United States were left for the state courts to decide. Wingate voted against the bill, but it passed. Judicial career, retirement, and longevity After his national service, he served as an associate justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court from 1798 to 1808. Once he made up his mind, a change of mind was unlikely. According to Theophilus Parsons, "it was of great importance, that your Judge Wingate should form a correct opinion before he pronounces it—for after that, law, reason, and authority will be unavailing." With the death of James Madison in 1836, Wingate drew some attention for surviving so long. Before he died at age 98 in 1838, Wingate was one of two surviving delegates to the Continental Congress (along with John Armstrong, Jr.), and the last surviving member of the first United States Congress. For several years he had been the oldest graduate of Harvard. Wingate's wife, Eunice, was the sister of United States Secretary of State Timothy Pickering, and she died in 1843, having passed the century mark. The Wingates are buried in the Stratham Cemetery. Footnotes External links Find a grave: Paine Wingate 1739 births 1838 deaths People from Amesbury, Massachusetts People of colonial Massachusetts People of colonial New Hampshire American people of English descent American Congregationalists Continental Congressmen from New Hampshire Anti-Administration Party United States senators from New Hampshire Pro-Administration Party members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire Members of the New Hampshire House of Representatives Justices of the New Hampshire Supreme Court People from Stratham, New Hampshire Harvard College alumni Burials in New Hampshire Members of the United States House of Representatives from New Hampshire