biography
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| (1765–1826)
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| biography:
| Judge, born in King and Queen Co, Virginia, USA. He advocated for Kentucky's statehood and served its court system as a clerk (1792–1801), judge (1801–06), and chief justice (1806–07). President Jefferson named him to the US Supreme Court (1807–26). |
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