Jeremiah Gates Brainard (c. 1759 – January 14, 1830) was a justice of the Connecticut Supreme Court from 1808 to 1829.
Originally elected to the court following the adoption of a new state constitution in 1807,[1] Brainard was the only judge whose tenure survived a political purge in 1817:
Brainard was the father of poet John Gardiner Calkins Brainard.[1] Brainard "resigned his place on the bench in 1829, his health not being equal to the duties of the office, having served as judge for twenty-two years".[1] He died in New London, Connecticut, the following year, at the age of seventy.[2]