Thomas Todd
associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
Thomas Todd (born January 23, 1765, King and Queen county, Virginia [U.S.]—died February 7, 1826, Frankfort, Kentucky) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1807–26). Todd was admitted to the bar in 1786 and gained his first legal and political experience as a clerk for several citizens’ conventions called by the movement to separate Kentucky from its parent state, Virginia. After Kentucky achieved statehood, Todd served as the clerk of the state...