OVERVIEW:

BORN:
November 17, 1776
Augusta County, Virginia

DIED:
August 25, 1828 (age 51)
Paris, Kentucky

EDUCATION:
Read Law (1803)

HIGHLIGHTS:
1803-1808:
Practiced Law in Paris Kentucky
1803:
Kentucky State Representatives
1807-1808, 1810:
Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals 
1810:
Chief Justice, Kentucky Court of Appeals
1809-1817:
Practiced Law in Paris, Kentucky 
1813-1817:
District of Attorney for the State of Kentucky 
1817-1826:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Kentucky 
1826-1828:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

SOURCES: 
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Congressional Quarterly
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Wikipedia

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