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John Marshall

Member From: 1782 - 1798

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  • Birth Date: September 24, 1755 Birth Place:Germantown, Virginia
  • Death Date: July 6, 1835
  • Gender: Male Race: Caucasian
  • Spouse: Mary Willis Ambler
  • Children: 12
  • Religion: Episcopalian
  • Education: College of William and Mary
  • Military Service: Lieutenant - Culpeper Minutemen;
    Continental Army 3rd Regiment
  • Occupation/Profession: Chief Justice U.S. Supreme Court
  • Additional Info Links: https://www.biography.com/people/john-marshall-9400148
  • Additional Info: 1797-1798 Assembly-John Marshall resigned to accept the office of envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to France. He was succeeded by William Foushee.
  • Other Notable Service and/or Elected Offices: Virginia Constitutional Convention: 1788, 1829
    U.S. House of Representatives: 1799-1800
    Virginia Attorney General - acting in absence of James Innes from mid-October 1794 until late March 1795. Secretary of State under President John Adams - 1800;
    Chief Justice of U.S. Supreme Court 1801 - 1835
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1789 Richmond City Federalist Courts of Justice
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1790 Richmond City Federalist Courts of Justice (Chair)
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1795 Richmond City Federalist Claims
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1796 Richmond City Federalist Claims
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1797-1798 Richmond City Federalist

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