OVERVIEW:

BORN:
December 27, 1771,
St. James Goose Creek Parish, South Carolina

DIED:
August 4, 1834 (age 62),
New York City, New York

EDUCATION:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University), A.B., 1790
Read Law, 1793

POLITICAL PARTY:
Democratic-Republican 

HIGHLIGHTS:
1793-1794:
Practiced Law in South Carolina
1794-1799:
Member, South Carolina House of Representatives
1798-1799:
Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives
1799-1804:
Judge, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas
1804-1834:
Associate Justice, U.S. Supreme Court 

SOURCES:
Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
Supreme Court Historical Society
Oyez
Congressional Quarterly
Wikipedia

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