Luther Martin

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Anti-Federalist human lawyer politician

Luther Martin was an American lawyer and Anti-Federalist leader from Maryland who played a prominent role at the Constitutional Convention, where he strongly opposed the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Anti-Federalist → human → lawyer → politician →
advocatedFor	states’ rights →
birthDate	1748-02-20 →
birthPlace	New Brunswick → Province of New Jersey →
burialPlace	St. John’s Lutheran Church, New York City →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain → United States of America →
deathDate	1826-07-10 →
deathPlace	New York → New York City →
defended	Aaron Burr → Samuel Chase →
educatedAt	College of New Jersey → Princeton University →
familyName	Martin →
fatherInLaw	Michael Cresap →
givenName	Luther →
knownFor	leading Anti-Federalist from Maryland → longest-serving state attorney general of his era → opposition to the U.S. Constitution at the Constitutional Convention →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Maryland Bar →
notableIdea	compact theory of the Union →
notableWork	speeches opposing ratification of the U.S. Constitution →
occupation	jurist → lawyer → politician →
opposed	Virginia Plan → strong centralized federal government →
participantIn	Aaron Burr treason trial → Constitutional Convention of 1787 → Maryland Ratifying Convention → impeachment trial of Samuel Chase →
politicalAlignment	Anti-Federalist →
positionHeld	Attorney General of Maryland → delegate to the Constitutional Convention →
practicedLawIn	Maryland →
religion	Lutheranism →
represented	Maryland →
residence	Baltimore →
signature	did not sign the United States Constitution →
spouse	Maria Cresap →
supported	New Jersey Plan →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Anti-Federalists → Framers of the United States Constitution →	notableMember
Attorney General of Maryland →	positionHeldBy