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Bushrod Washington
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1798
Bushrod Washington , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Bushrod Washington was an American attorney and politician from the Washington family who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1798 to 1829. On the Supreme Court, he was a staunch ally of Chief Justice John Marshall.
Positions
- Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1798-12-20–1829-11-26
Education
- College of William and MaryA.B., 1778
- Read law1784
Career
Continental Army private, 1781-1782; Private practice, Westmoreland County, Virginia, 1784; Private practice, Alexandria, Virginia, 1785-1790; State delegate, Virginia, 1787; Delegate, Virginia convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788; Private practice, Richmond, Virginia, 1790-1798
Biography
Bushrod Washington was an American attorney and politician from the Washington family who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1798 to 1829. On the Supreme Court, he was a staunch ally of Chief Justice John Marshall.
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