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Born September 24, 1755 • Virginia
Died July 6, 1835 (aged 79) • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Title / Office Supreme Court of the United States (1801-1835), United States • supreme court (1801-1835), United States • House of Representatives (1799-1800), United States
Awards And Honors Hall of Fame (1900)
Role In Cohens v. Virginia • Dartmouth College case • Gibbons v. Ogden • Marbury v. Madison • McCulloch v. Maryland • XYZ Affair

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