Smith Thompson

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Smith Thompson was an early 19th-century U.S. Supreme Court justice known for his role in landmark cases involving federal authority and Native American rights.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American judge
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
person
appointedBy James Monroe
burialPlace Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1768-01-17
dateOfDeath 1843-12-18
educatedAt The College of New Jersey
surface form: College of New Jersey

Princeton University
endTime 1843-12-18
as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: 1843
as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court: 1818
as United States Secretary of the Navy: 1823
familyName Thompson
givenName Smith
knownFor dissenting views on Native American sovereignty
service on the Marshall Court
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic-Republican Party
nativeLanguage English
notableWork opinion in Cherokee Nation v. Georgia (dissent)
opinions in cases involving Native American rights
opinions in cases involving federal authority
occupation jurist
lawyer
politician
partOf Marshall Court
placeOfBirth Amenia, New York
placeOfDeath Poughkeepsie, New York
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court
Secretary of the Navy
surface form: United States Secretary of the Navy
precededBy Benjamin W. Crowninshield
Brockholst Livingston
surface form: Henry Brockholst Livingston
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
residence Albany
surface form: Albany, New York

Poughkeepsie, New York
sexOrGender male
spouse Sarah Livingston Jay
surface form: Sarah Livingston
startTime 1823-09-01
as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States: 1823
as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court: 1814
as United States Secretary of the Navy: 1818
succeededBy Samuel L. Southard
Samuel Nelson
workLocation New York
Washington, D.C.

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