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John Marshall
Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States · 1801
John Marshall , Chief Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. John Marshall was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fifth-longest-serving justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices ever to serve.
Education
- College of William and Mary1780
Career
Culpeper County [Virginia] Minutemen lieutenant, 1775-1776; Continental Army, Eleventh Virginia Regiment, 1776-1780; lieutenant, 1776-1777; captain, 1777-1780; Private practice, Fauquier County, Virginia, 1780-1783; Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1783-1797; State delegate, Virginia, 1782, 1784-1785, 1787-1788; Member, Virginia Council of State, 1782-1784; Recorder, Richmond City [Virginia] Hustings Court, 1785-1788; Delegate, Virginia convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788; Minister to France, U.S. Department of State, 1797-1798; U.S. representative from Virginia, 1799-1800; Secretary of State, 1800-1801
Biography
John Marshall was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fifth-longest-serving justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices ever to serve.
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