John Marshall: The Great Chief Justice

John Marshall: The Great Chief Justice


     John Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Virginia on September 4, 1755.

 He was the first son of Thomas Marshall and Mary Randolph Keith.  His role in

American history is undoubtedly a very important one.   As a boy, Marshall was

educated by his father.  He learned to read and write, along with some lessons

in history and poetry.  At the age of fourteen, he was sent away to school, and

a year later he returned home to be tutored by a Scottish pastor who lived with

the Marshall family.

     As a young college student, John Marshall was particularly impressed by

the lectures of  professor George Wythe.  Wythe was a lawyer, judge, and a

signer of the constitution.  Other students of professor Wythe were Thomas

Jefferson, John Breckinridge, and Henry Clay.

     Marshall became a lawyer at the age of twenty five.  As Brian McGinty

says about Marshall in the article, "His first cases were not important, but he

handled them well and made a favorable impression on his neighbors; so favorable

that they sent him to Richmond in 1782 as a member of the Virginia House of

Delegates."  He became a prominent lawyer and was on his way to a successful

future.

     Mr. Marshall worked under the administration of John Adams starting in

1798.  He was offered the position of attorney general under George Washington's

administration, but declined because he wanted to stay with his family and

practice law in his home town of Richmond, Virginia.  He was one of three

delegates sent to France by John Adams in 1798.  His reasoning for taking the

job in France was partly because it was only a temporary mission and also

because he wanted to be of service to his country, aiding in peaceful relations

with France.  When he found out that France expected to be pThis is ONLY a preview of the article. If you would like to view the entire document, you must subscribe to Electronic References. Please register below now!


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