John Marshall

            John Marshall was a defender of the constitution and chief justice of the United States. He was a careless record keeper who simply did not believe the records of his life worth preserving. However, he influenced to the constitution and the United States a lot, so people wanted to study about him. Fancis N. Stites wrote a biography of John Marshall and explain U.S. history in the book.
             John Marshall was born in September 24, 1755 in his father's cottage in Virginia. His father, Thomas Marshall, was one of the most ambitious and successful men of the country. He had a lot of power and influence in the government such as, County Surveyor, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff, and a member of the House of Burgesses. John started working for the country with the militia as a lieutenant to fight in the Revolution. In 1780 John studied law for a while at the college of William and Mary at Williamsburg. He received his license to practice law on August 28, 1780. In 1782 Marshall was elected to the House of Delegates. Marshall got married Polly Ambler on January 3, 1783. In 1780's, John Marshall served the country with many positions of power. He participated in the Virginia Convention to ratify the new Federal Constitution, served on the Committee on Courts of Justice, was elected to the Council of State, was elected to The Common Hall of Richmond as city recorder and a member of the Richmond City Hustings Court, and also was admitted to practice before the Court of Appeals. In the middle of 1790's, he worked as an envoy to France. After serving the envoy, he ran for Congress. He established the Supreme Court as a powerful branch of the national government. He served on the Court for thirty-four years as a chief justice. Three landmark decisions of the 1819 term coined the phrase "the greatest six weeks in the history of the Court." with Dart mouth College v. Woodward, Struges v. Crowninshield, and McCulloch v.