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    John Blair Jr.

    American politician, Founding Father and jurist

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  1. John Blair Jr. (April 17, 1732 – August 31, 1800) was an American Founding Father, who signed the United States Constitution as a delegate from Virginia and was appointed an Associate Justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court by George Washington . A Virginia lawyer since 1757, Blair represented the College of William and Mary in the House of ...

  2. Wilson, James, PA. John Blair, Jr. (October 1731–August 31, 1800) was born in Williamsburg, Virginia to a distinguished family. His father was at one point the acting Royal Governor and a Virginia Councillor, while Blair himself was the Williamsburg Mayor in 1751. Blair attended the College of William and Mary and received an Artium ...

  3. John Blair, Jr., 1790-1796. JOHN BLAIR, JR., was born in Williamsburg, Virginia, in 1732. He was graduated from the College of William and Mary in 1754. After one year of law study in England at the Middle Temple, London, he returned to Virginia to practice law. Blair began his public service in 1766 as a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses.

  4. John Blair Jr. was an American politician, Founding Father and jurist. He brought extensive political and judicial experience to his appointment as one of the Supreme Court’s first associate justices. Following in his father's political footsteps, Mr. Blair served in a variety of political positions for the commonwealth of Virginia and an even greater variety of judicial posts, first under ...

  5. John Blair, Jr. was born in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1732. He grew up in one of Virginia’s most prominent families as the son of John Blair, Sr., Virginia’s acting governor and a member of the House of Burgesses. John Blair, Jr. attended College of William and Mary, a college his great uncle established. After graduating with honors in ...

  6. His great-uncle, James Blair, was the founder and first president of the College of William and Mary. His parents, John Blair and Mary Monro, were familiar Williamsburg figures, and Blair was born there in 1732. He was educated at William and Mary, from which he was graduated with honors in 1754. Supreme Court of the United States.

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  8. Jul 19, 1998 · John Blair (born 1732, Williamsburg, Virginia [U.S.]—died August 31, 1800, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1790–96). A member of one of Virginia’s most prominent landed families and a close friend of George Washington, Blair studied law at the Middle Temple in London and in 1766 ...

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