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Thomas Johnson

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1791

Thomas Johnson , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas Johnson (November 4, 1732 – October 26, 1819) was an 18th-century American lawyer, politician, and patriot. He was a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774, where he signed the Continental Association; commander of the Maryland militia in 1776; and elected first (non-Colonial) governor of Maryland in 1777.

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1791-08-05–1793-01-16

Education

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Career

Private practice, Annapolis, Maryland, 1760-1762; Member, Lower House, Maryland Proprietary Assembly, 1762-1774; Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1777; Maryland Militia brigadier general, 1776-1777; Governor, Maryland, 1777-1780; Private practice, Frederick, Maryland, 1780-1790; State delegate, Maryland, 1780-1782, 1786-1788; Chief judge, Maryland General Court, 1790-1791

Biography

Thomas Johnson (November 4, 1732 – October 26, 1819) was an 18th-century American lawyer, politician, and patriot. He was a delegate to the First Continental Congress in 1774, where he signed the Continental Association; commander of the Maryland militia in 1776; and elected first (non-Colonial) governor of Maryland in 1777.

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