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Thomas Todd

associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court
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Born:
January 23, 1765, King and Queen county, Virginia [U.S.]
Died:
February 7, 1826, Frankfort, Kentucky (aged 61)

Thomas Todd (born January 23, 1765, King and Queen county, Virginia [U.S.]—died February 7, 1826, Frankfort, Kentucky) was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1807–26). Todd was admitted to the bar in 1786 and gained his first legal and political experience as a clerk for several citizens’ conventions called by the movement to separate Kentucky from its parent state, Virginia. After Kentucky achieved statehood, Todd served as the clerk of the state Court of Appeals until being named justice of the court in 1801. In 1806 he became chief justice. Much of the caseload before the Kentucky ...(100 of 163 words)

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