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Marshall, John

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1755–1835, American jurist, 4th chief justice of the United States (1801–35), b. Virginia. The eldest of 15 children, John Marshall was born in a log cabin on the Virginia frontier (today in Fauquier co., Va.) and spent his childhood and youth in primitive surroundings. His father rose to prominence in local and state politics. Through his mother he was related to the Lees and the Randolphs and to Thomas Jefferson, later his great antagonist. Marshall first left home for any length of time to serve as an officer in the American Revolution. He returned in 1779 after attending for a few months lectures on law given by George Wythe at the College of William and Mary (his only formal education). Admitted to the bar in 1780, he practiced law in the West and was elected (1782) a delegate to the Virginia assembly. He married and settled in Richmond, his home until his death. His brilliant skill in argument made him one of the most esteemed of the many great lawyers of Virginia. A defender of…
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Fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801–35). Marshall fought in the Continental Army during the American Revolution and served as a member of Virginia's House of Burgesses. A Federalist, he served in the House of Representatives and held the post of secretary of state. In 1797 he was…
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Full text Article MARSHALL, JOHN (1755-1835)

From The Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of the American Enlightenment
John Marshall has traditionally been considered to be the greatest chief justice of the US Supreme Court. His opinion in Marbury v. Madison is the main precedent in US law for judicial review. Marshall's major contribution to the American Enlightenment was in using judicial review to enforce the…
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Full text Article Marshall, John (1755–1835)

From Dictionary of American Government and Politics
John Marshall was a statesman and jurist from Virginia who shaped American constitutional law and made the Supreme Court a centre of power. He was the fourth Chief Justice, the longest serving in the history of the Court. He dominated the Court which he led between 1801 and 1835, and is widely…
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Full text Article John Marshall (1755-1835) (litho)

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Full text Article Marshall, John (1755 to 1835)

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Full text Article John Marshall 1755–1835

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Full text Article John Marshall, 1832 (litho)

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Full text Article Nullification

From Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History
Nullification is a legal theory that argues that the individual states of the United States have the right to strike down, or nullify, federal laws. As the states and the federal government and sought to define their respective authority and responsibilities under the Constitution during the early…
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(b. 1759–d. 1825) American writer Mason Locke “Parson” Weems, the most notable writer of political folklore in the early nineteenth century, was born October 11, 1759, at Marshes Seat, Herring Bay, Maryland, to a Scottish farmer and his second wife. As a youth, Weems attended school in Maryland, and…
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