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  1. Nov 9, 2009 · John Marshall was the fourth chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801‑35). In Marbury v. Madison (1803) and other landmark cases, Marshall asserted the Supreme Court’s authority to ...

  2. Sep 27, 2024 · John Marshall was born in a log cabin and was the eldest of 15 children of Thomas Marshall, a sheriff, justice of the peace, and land surveyor who came to own some 200,000 acres (80,000 ha) of land in Virginia and Kentucky and who was a leading figure in Prince William county (from 1759 Fauquier county), Va., and Mary Keith Marshall, a clergyman’s daughter whose family was related to both ...

  3. Battle of Monmouth. Siege of Charleston. John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, lawyer, 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 fourth-longest serving justice in the history of the U ...

  4. Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was John Marshall? In 1780, John Marshall started his own law practice, defending clients against pre-war British creditors. From 1782 to 1795, he held various political offices, including the ...

  5. Oct 1, 2024 · John Marshall was arguably the greatest Chief Justice in the history of the United States Supreme Court. He was born on September 24, 1755, in present-day Fauquier County, Virginia. He was the oldest of 15 children born to Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph and was a second cousin to Thomas Jefferson. In 1783, he married Mary Ambler, with whom ...

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  6. John Marshall received recognition beyond Virginia while arguing the case Ware v.Hylton (1796) before the Supreme Court. This was the same year that Edmund Randolph, a leading Virginia lawyer who was elected governor, handed over his practice to Marshall.

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  8. Sep 27, 2024 · John Marshall. Under Marshall’s leadership for more than 34 years—the longest tenure for any chief justice—the Supreme Court set forth the main structural lines of the government. Initially, there was no consensus as to whether the Constitution had created a federation or a nation, and although judicial decisions could not alone dispel ...