Marshall, John
Born September 24, 1755 (Germantown, Virginia)
Died July 6, 1835 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
John Marshall grew up as a Virginia gentleman who w...
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As the fourth chief justice of the United States, John Marshall (1755-1835) was the principal architect in consolidating and defining the powers of the Supreme Court. Perhaps more than any other man h...
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