John Rutledge

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John Rutledge was an American statesman, early Governor of South Carolina, influential delegate at the Constitutional Convention, and later a Chief Justice of the United States (in a recess appointment).

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American politician
Founding Father of the United States
human
judge
lawyer
appointedBy George Washington
canonizedBy none
child John Rutledge Jr.
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
United States of America
dateOfBirth 1739-09-17
dateOfDeath 1800-07-23
educatedAt London, England
Middle Temple
ethnicGroup British American
familyName Rutledge
givenName John
memberOf Constitutional Convention of 1787
Continental Congress
notableFor early governorship of South Carolina during the American Revolution
recess appointment as Chief Justice of the United States
notableWork leadership of the Committee of Detail at the Constitutional Convention
major role in drafting the United States Constitution
occupation judge
lawyer
planter
statesman
participatedIn American Revolutionary War (political leadership)
placeOfBirth Charleston, Province of South Carolina
placeOfDeath Charleston, South Carolina
politicalAlignment Federalist
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
Chief Justice of the United States
Governor of South Carolina
President of South Carolina
delegate to the Constitutional Convention
delegate to the Continental Congress
member of the South Carolina Commons House of Assembly
member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
religion Anglicanism
residence Charleston, South Carolina
sexOrGender male
sibling Edward Rutledge
Hugh Rutledge
signatoryTo Articles of Confederation
United States Constitution
spouse Elizabeth Grimké


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