John Marshall

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Chief Justice of the United States human

John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice of the United States, whose landmark opinions, especially in Marbury v. Madison, established the principle of judicial review and greatly strengthened the Supreme Court’s authority.

Aliases (1)

U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Chief Justice of the United States → human →
appointedBy	John Adams →
authorOf	Life of George Washington →
burialPlace	Shockoe Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia, United States →
conflict	American Revolutionary War →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1755-09-24 →
dateOfDeath	1835-07-06 →
educatedAt	Campbell Academy → College of William & Mary →
endTime	1835-07-06 →
familyName	Marshall →
givenName	John →
hasPart	Marshall Court jurisprudence →
heritage	English-American →
honorificPrefix	The Honorable →
influenced	development of American constitutional law →
influencedBy	Federalist constitutional theory →
knownFor	establishing the principle of judicial review in U.S. constitutional law → expansive interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause → strengthening the authority of the Supreme Court of the United States → support for federal supremacy over the states →
memberOfPoliticalParty	Federalist Party →
militaryBranch	Continental Army →
notableWork	Cohens v. Virginia → Dartmouth College v. Woodward → Gibbons v. Ogden → Marbury v. Madison → McCulloch v. Maryland →
occupation	diplomat → judge → lawyer → politician →
parent	Mary Randolph Keith → Thomas Marshall →
participantIn	XYZ Affair diplomatic mission →
placeOfBirth	Germantown, Colony of Virginia, British America →
placeOfDeath	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States →
positionHeld	Chief Justice of the United States → Member of the U.S. House of Representatives → United States Secretary of State →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Richmond, Virginia, United States →
sexOrGender	male →
signature	Signature of John Marshall.svg →
spouse	Mary Willis Ambler →
startTime	1801-02-04 →
workLocation	Washington, D.C., United States →

Referenced by (33)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia → Cohens v. Virginia → Gibbons v. Ogden → McCulloch v. Maryland → Worcester v. Georgia →	majorityOpinionBy
Cherokee Nation v. Georgia → John Marshall Court → Marbury v. Madison → Worcester v. Georgia →	chiefJustice
John Marshall Court → John Marshall Harlan → Marshall County, Kentucky → Marshall Court era →	namedAfter
Cohens v. Virginia → Gibbons v. Ogden → McCulloch v. Maryland →	chiefJusticeAtTime
Dartmouth College v. Woodward → Marshall Court era →	hasChiefJustice
Shockoe Hill Cemetery → Shockoe Hill Cemetery ("U.S. Chief Justice John Marshall") →	notableBurial
Thomas Marshall →	child
Thomas Marshall →	father of
Dartmouth College v. Woodward →	hasMajorityAuthor
Marshall →	hasNotableBearer
Marshall Court era →	hasNotableJustice
Presidency of John Adams →	judicialAppointment
John Marshall Court →	memberJustice
Campbell Academy →	notableAlumnus
Germantown, Colony of Virginia, British America →	notableResident
Marbury v. Madison →	opinionBy
Federalists →	prominentMember
Virginia Ratifying Convention →	significantPerson
Oliver Ellsworth →	successor