Gabriel Duvall

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Gabriel Duvall
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court
In office November 23, 1811 – January 14, 1835
Nominated by	James Madison
Preceded by	Samuel Chase
Succeeded by	Philip Pendleton Barbour
Born	December 6, 1752 Prince Georges County, Maryland
Died	March 6, 1844 Glenn Dale, Maryland

Gabriel Duvall (1752 - 1844) was a U.S. jurist. He was a U.S. Representative from the second district of Maryland from November 11, 1794, to March 28, 1796, Chief Justice of the General Court of Maryland from 1796 to 1802, and First Comptroller of the U.S. Treasury from 1802 through 1811. He was appointed to the United States Supreme Court to replace fellow Marylander Samuel Chase in 1811 and served until 1835, when he resigned due to deafness.

He was called the most insignificant U.S. Supreme Court justice by David P. Currie in The Most Insignificant Justice: A Preliminary Inquiry, 50 U. Chi. L. Rev. 466 (1983).

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• biographic sketch at U.S. Congress website

Preceded by John F. Mercer	U.S. Congressman, Maryland's 2nd District 1794—1796	Succeeded by Richard Sprigg, Jr.
Preceded by Samuel Chase	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States November 23, 1811 – January 14, 1835	Succeeded by Philip Pendleton Barbour

The Marshall Court
1811–1812:	B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | H.B. Livingston | Th. Todd | G. Duvall
1812–1823:	B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | H.B. Livingston | Th. Todd | G. Duvall | J. Story
1823–1826:	B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | Th. Todd | G. Duvall | J. Story | S. Thompson
1826–1828:	B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | G. Duvall | J. Story | S. Thompson | R. Trimble
1828–1829:	B. Washington | Wm. Johnson | G. Duvall | J. Story | S. Thompson
1830–1834:	Wm. Johnson | G. Duvall | J. Story | S. Thompson | J. McLean | H. Baldwin
1835:	G. Duvall | J. Story | S. Thompson | J. McLean | H. Baldwin | J.M. Wayne