biography
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| lived:
| (c.1786–1865)
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| biography:
| Judge, probably born in Wythe Co, Virginia, USA. Elected to an early Tennessee court (1824–34), he was named to the US Supreme Court (1837–65) by President Jackson when the Court was enlarged from seven judges to nine. Known as a ‘Jacksonian jurist’, he argued vehemently for states rights. |
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