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John William Marshall (born July 6, 1958) is an American politician who served as Secretary of Public Safety in the Cabinet of Virginia Governor Mark Warner from 2002 to 2006 and Governor Tim Kaine from 2006 to 2010, and was the longest-serving member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet.
Apr 8, 2003 · John W. Marshall - California's War Dead - Los Angeles Times. John W. Marshall, 50. Army, Sergeant 1st Class. Based: Ft. Stewart, Ga. 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd...
Mar 1, 2024 · Sergeant First Class John Marshall has been buried with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. The 50-year-old is said to be the oldest American who died in the Iraq war. He was killed last month when he was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade during an enemy ambush in Baghdad.
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- Early Life and Revolutionary War Service
- Law Practice and Entrance Into Politics
- From Secretary of State to Chief Justice
- Marshall’s Impact on The Supreme Court
- Death and Legacy
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Marshall was born on September 24, 1755 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 establ...
After leaving military service in 1780, Marshall studied law at William & Mary with the renowned jurist George Wythe and courted his future wife, Mary Willis (Polly) Ambler, who lived in nearby Yorktown. He was soon admitted to the Virginia bar and began his own law practice, which flourished due to his success defending clients against British cre...
In 1798, Marshall was elected to the House of Representatives. He served for less than two years before Adams appointed him as secretary of state in 1800. After losing to Jefferson in the tumultuous election of 1800, Adams nominated Marshall as chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. He took office in early 1801, just weeks before Jefferson’s inau...
At the time, the Supreme Court had little authority relative to the president and Congress; it didn’t even have its own building, meeting instead in a vacant committee room at the Capitol. But over his 34 years as chief justice, Marshall shaped the judicial branchinto an equal force in government alongside the president (executive branch) and Congr...
Though the Federalist Party had effectively dissolved by 1815, Marshall remained a champion of the idea of a strong national government, and a worthy adversary for Democratic-Republican political rivals from Jefferson to Andrew Jackson. During Marshall’s tenure, the Supreme Court would issue more than 1,000 decisions—more than half of those written...
Joel Richard Paul. Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times (Penguin Publishing Group, 2019) Ben Wynne. “John Marshall.” Washington Library - Center for Digital History - Digital Encyclopedia, Mount Vernon. “John Marshall, the Great Chief Justice.” William & Mary Law School.
Young Man of the Revolution. Born in a log cabin, John Marshall grew up on the Virginia frontier as the oldest of 15 children. His father, who served as a colonial legislator and county justice...
Mar 24, 2008 · March 24, 2008 12 AM PT. Los Angeles Times Staff Writer. Sgt. 1st Class John W. Marshall was a lifer from family of soldiers -- his father fought in World War II and his mother served in the...
In a Feb. 3 rd webinar, organized in honor of Black History Month, John W. Marshall —a leader in law enforcement and public safety and son of Justice Thurgood Marshall—shared memories of his father’s groundbreaking career. Justice Marshall served on the court from 1967 to 1991 and died in 1993; he’s also remembered for his extensive ...