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Thomas Todd
Former judge · Supreme Court of the United States
Thomas Todd served on the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by Thomas Jefferson and confirmed Mar 2, 1807.
- Appointed by
- Thomas Jefferson
- Confirmed
- Mar 2, 1807
- Born
- 1765
Appointments
- Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United StatesThomas Jefferson · Mar 2, 1807 – Feb 7, 1826
Education
- Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University)1783
- Read law1786
Career
Continental Army, 1779, 1781; Clerk, conventions seeking statehood for Kentucky, 1784-1792; Private practice, Danville, Kentucky, 1788-1801; Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky, 1789-1792; Clerk, Kentucky constitutional conventions, 1792, 1799; Clerk, Lexington [Kentucky] Democratic Society, 1793-1794; Clerk, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1792-1801; Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1799-1801; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1801-1806; Chief justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1806-1807
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From the Federal Judicial Center’s biographical directory of federal judges.
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Capitol Receipts, “Judge Thomas Todd, Supreme Court of the United States,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/judge/j1388851/thomas-todd (accessed 2026-10-13).