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John Blair Jr. (April 17, 1732 – August 31, 1800) was an American Founding Father, who signed the United States Constitution as a delegate from Virginia and was appointed an Associate Justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court by George Washington.
Wilson, James, PA. John Blair, Jr. (October 1731–August 31, 1800) was born in Williamsburg, Virginia to a distinguished family. His father was at one point the acting Royal Governor and a Virginia Councillor, while Blair himself was the Williamsburg Mayor in 1751.
1 de feb. de 2023 · John Blair Jr. He was a highly regarded jurist from Virginia who served on the court until 1795 when he resigned. Blair came from a distinguished family and he attended the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. He said little at the convention but was strongly allied with James Madison. Robert Hanson Harrison.
Blair died on August 31, 1800, at the age of sixty-eight. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: John Blair, Jr.
A NAME LITTLE RECALLED is John Blair Jr., one of the original six justices of the Supreme Court, and a man who ought to be remembered for his part in two of the United States's most noteworthy early legal decisions. Blair was a Virginian whose Williamsburg roots were deep.
John Blair (born 1732, Williamsburg, Virginia [U.S.]—died August 31, 1800, Williamsburg, Virginia, U.S.) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1790–96). A member of one of Virginia’s most prominent landed families and a close friend of George Washington, Blair studied law at the Middle Temple in London and in 1766 ...
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