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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—KentuckyThomas Alexander MARSHALL
(1794-1871)
MARSHALL, Thomas
Alexander, (son of Humphrey Marshall [1760-1841]), a
Representative from Kentucky; born near Versailles, Woodford
County, Ky., January 15, 1794; pursued preparatory studies; was
graduated from Yale College in 1815; studied law; was admitted to
the bar and commenced practice in Frankfort in 1817; moved to
Paris, Ky., in 1819; member of the State house of representatives
in 1827 and 1828; elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831-March 3,
1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the
Twenty-fourth Congress; judge of the State court of appeals
1835-1856; professor in the law department of Transylvania College,
Lexington, Ky., 1836-1849; moved to Louisville in 1859; member of
the State house of representatives in 1863; chief justice of the
court of appeals in 1866 and 1867; died in Louisville, Ky., April
17, 1871; interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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