OVERVIEW:

BORN:
September 24, 1955,
Germantown, Virginia

DIED:
July 6, 1835 (Age 79),
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

EDUCATION:
College of William & Mary

POLITICAL PARTY:
Federalist

HIGHLIGHTS:
1775-1776:
Culpeper County [Virginia] Minutemen Lieutenant
1776-1781:
Continental Army
1780:
Admitted to the Bar
1782-1784:
Member, Virginia Council of State
1788-1783:
Practiced Law in Fauquier County, Virginia 
1783-1797:
Practiced Law in Richmond, Virginia 
1782, 1784-1785, 1787-1788
Delegate to the Virginia House of Delegates
1788;
Delegate to Virginia Convention to Ratify the U.S. Constitution 
1797-1798:
Special Commissioner to France
1798:
Declined Appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court by President John Adams
1799-1800:
Member, U.S. House of Representatives
1800-1801:
U.S. Secretary of  State
1801-1835:
Chief Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

RESOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Biographical Directory of Congress
Department of State
Mount Vernon
Library of Virginia
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
John Marshall Foundation
Papers of John Marshall ($)
Wikipedia

PORTRAITS: