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John marshall biography
John Marshall
(1755-1835)
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 position of secretary of state in 1800.
In 1801, he became chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, serving until his death, on July 6, 1835, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Early Life
Marshall was born on September 24, 1755, in rural Fauquier County, near Germantown on the Virginia frontier.
He was the first of 15 children born to Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith.
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His father was a land surveyor for Lord Fairfax, and made a tidy income; his cousin was Humphrey Marshall, who would later become a U.S. senator for Kentucky. Marshall and his father were descendants of colonist William Randolph, who had helped establish the Commonwealth of Virginia.
As a child, Marshall was mainly home-schooled by his father.
He did, however, spend one year at Campbell