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Who was the 44 year old cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and radically changed the job of the Supreme Court?
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John Marshall was the 45, not 44, year old distant cousin of Thomas Jefferson who was Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and radically changed the job of the Supreme Court.
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Supreme Court Chief Justice John Marshall was a distant cousin of Thomas Jefferson.
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