Biography of john marshall

Early Life and Revolutionary War Service

Marshall was born on September 24, on the Virginia frontier, in what is now Fauquier County. He was the oldest of 15 children born to Thomas Marshall, a land surveyor who worked for the powerful Lord Fairfax and was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses, and Mary Keith, a granddaughter of William Randolph, a key figure in the establishment of the Commonwealth of Virginia.

Largely self-educated, Marshall attended only one year of formal school, during which James Monroe was his classmate and friend. At 20, Marshall volunteered for the 3rd Virginia Regiment after the outbreak of the Revolutionary War. After first seeing action in the Battle of Great Bridge in December , in which Patriot militia liberated Virginia from the British, Marshall fought bravely in battles at Brandywine, Germantown and Monmouth. He spent the harsh winter of alongside Gen. George Washington (his father’s friend and a major influence on Marshall) and his Co

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John Marshall

Chief justice of the United States from to

For other people named John Marshall, see John Marshall (disambiguation).

John Marshall
Portrait by Henry Inman, c.
In office February 4, &#;– July 6, [1]
Nominated by	John Adams
Preceded by	Oliver Ellsworth
Succeeded by	Roger B. Taney
In office June 13, &#;– March 4,
President	John Adams
Preceded by	Timothy Pickering
Succeeded by	James Madison
In office March 5, &#;– June 6,
Preceded by	John Clopton
Succeeded by	Littleton Tazewell
In office October &#;– March
Governor	Henry Lee III Robert Brooke
Preceded by	James Innes
Succeeded by	James Innes
Born	()September 24, Germantown, Virginia Colony, British America
Died	July 6, () (aged&#;79) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Resting place	Shockoe Hill Cemetery
Political party	Federalist
Spouse	Mary Willis Ambler
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