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Thomas Todd

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States · 1807

Thomas Todd , Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 – February 7, 1826) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he briefly served in the American Revolutionary War before completing his education and moving westward, where he participated in the founding of Kentucky.

Positions

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States1807-03-03–1826-02-07

Education

Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University)1783
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Career

Continental Army, 1779, 1781; Clerk, conventions seeking statehood for Kentucky, 1784-1792; Private practice, Danville, Kentucky, 1788-1801; Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky, 1789-1792; Clerk, Kentucky constitutional conventions, 1792, 1799; Clerk, Lexington [Kentucky] Democratic Society, 1793-1794; Clerk, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1792-1801; Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1799-1801; Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1801-1806; Chief justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1806-1807

Biography

Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 – February 7, 1826) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he briefly served in the American Revolutionary War before completing his education and moving westward, where he participated in the founding of Kentucky.

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