Bushrod Washington
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| In office February 4, 1799 – November 26, 1829 |
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| Nominated by | John Adams |
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| Preceded by | James Wilson |
| Succeeded by | Henry Baldwin |
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| Born | June 5, 1762 Westmoreland County, Virginia |
| Died | November 26, 1829 (aged 67) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Bushrod Washington (June 5, 1762 – November 26, 1829) is perhaps most noted for his long career on the U.S. Supreme Court as one of the Justices who made up the Marshall Court. The nephew of George Washington, he authored the famous opinion of Corfield v. Coryell, 6 Fed. Cas. 546 (C.C.E.D. Penn. 1823), while riding circuit as an Associate Justice. In Corfield, Washington listed several rights traditionally viewed to be "fundamental." This list of fundamental rights has profoundly influenced later Constitutional jurisprudence, particularly with respect to the Privileges and Immunities Clause.
Washington was nominated for the court after another Federalist, John Marshall, turned John Adams down and endorsed him. He became an associate justice on February 4, 1799, at the age of 36. After Marshall became Chief Justice two years later, he voted with Marshall on all but three occasions (one being Ogden v. Saunders). In 1816, he helped create the American Colonization Society and held the position as its first president for his entire life. Justice Washington was an owner (and seller) of slaves.[1]
He was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, and graduated from the College of William and Mary, where he was one of the first members of Phi Beta Kappa. His uncle George Washington sponsored Bushrod's legal studies with fellow Founder James Wilson. He inherited Mount Vernon from George after the latter died in 1799.[2]
[edit] Notes
- ^ Dunne, Gerald. Bushrod Washington and The Mount Vernon Slaves, Supreme Court Historical Society 1980 Yearbook. Retrieved 2007-02-14.
- ^ Lossing, Benson J. (1871). The Home of Washington; Or, Mount Vernon and Its Associations, Historical, Biographical, and Pictorial (Hartford, Conn.: A.S. Hale & Company), p. 350.
[edit] External links
- Biography from the OYEZ Project
- Biography (Infoplease)
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| Preceded by James Wilson |
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States February 4, 1799 – November 26, 1829 |
Succeeded by Henry Baldwin |
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