A report on John Marshall
American politician and lawyer who served as the fourth Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835.
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Daniel Webster
5 linksAmerican lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore.
American lawyer and statesman who represented New Hampshire and Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress and served as the U.S. Secretary of State under Presidents William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, and Millard Fillmore.
Though Congress was dominated by Democratic-Republicans, Chief Justice John Marshall ensured that the Federalist ideology retained a presence in the courts.
3rd Virginia Regiment
1 linksRaised on December 28, 1775, at Alexandria, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army.
Raised on December 28, 1775, at Alexandria, Virginia, for service with the Continental Army.
Weedon was succeeded in command by Colonel Thomas Marshall, the father of Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall.
1800 United States presidential election
8 linksThe fourth quadrennial presidential election.
The fourth quadrennial presidential election.
True or not, House Democratic-Republicans, who from the start of the 1800 campaign viewed Jefferson as their candidate for president and Burr for vice president, faced two abhorrent possible outcomes when the House met to vote: the Federalists could engineer a victory for Burr; or the Federalists could refuse to break the deadlock, leaving Federalist Secretary of State John Marshall as Acting President.
Midland, Virginia
1 linksCensus-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States.
Census-designated place in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States.
Midland is the closest community to the birthplace of John Marshall, the longest-serving Chief Justice in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Ogden v. Saunders
2 linksUnited States Supreme Court case that determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in relation to a clause of the Constitution of the United States.
United States Supreme Court case that determined the scope of a bankruptcy law in relation to a clause of the Constitution of the United States.
Chief Justice John Marshall, Justice Gabriel Duvall, and Justice Joseph Story concurred in part and dissented in part to the Court's judgment, while Justices Bushrod Washington, Smith Thompson, and Robert Trimble dissented.
List of United States Supreme Court justices by time in office
0 linksEstablished in 1789.
Established in 1789.
The longest serving Chief Justice was John Marshall, with a tenure of 12,570 days.
Richmond, Virginia
3 linksCapital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
Capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
The John Marshall House, the home of the former Chief Justice of the United States, is also located downtown and features many of his writings and objects from his life.
Samuel Worcester
2 linksAmerican missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer, and defender of the Cherokee sovereignty.
American missionary to the Cherokee, translator of the Bible, printer, and defender of the Cherokee sovereignty.
Chief Justice John Marshall defined in his dicta that the federal government had an exclusive relationship with the Indian nations and recognized the latter's sovereignty, above state laws.
Elbridge Gerry
5 linksAmerican Founding Father, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814.
American Founding Father, politician, and diplomat who served as the fifth vice president of the United States under President James Madison from 1813 until his death in 1814.
Gerry joined co-commissioners Charles Cotesworth Pinckney and John Marshall in France in October 1797 and met briefly with Foreign Minister Talleyrand.
Johnson v. M'Intosh
1 linksLandmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that private citizens could not purchase lands from Native Americans.
Landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that private citizens could not purchase lands from Native Americans.
As the facts were recited by Chief Justice John Marshall, the successor in interest to a private purchase from the Piankeshaw attempted to maintain an action of ejectment against the holder of a federal land patent.