biography
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| lived:
| (1751–99)
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| biography:
| Judge, born in Lewes, East Sussex, SE England, UK. He emigrated to North Carolina at age 17 and became active in the revolution against England. He served as a North Carolina judge (1777–8) and as state attorney general (1779–81). At age 38, he was the youngest of the original six US Supreme Court justices when chosen by President Washington, serving in 1790–9. |
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