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Federalist John Marshall served as Secretary of State under President John Adams, and was appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court in February 1801. Marshall served in both capacities until the end of Adams' term, on March 4, 1801.Marshall presided over the Supreme Court until his death in 1835.
After serving as the Secretary of State under John Adams, John Marshall became the longest serving Chief Justice of the Supreme Court (1801 to his death in 1835).
The Arizona Supreme Court is the state supreme court of the U.S. state of Arizona. It consists of a chief justice, a vice chief justice, and three associate justices.
He was the 4th Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court, and the longest serving. He helped to establish the Supreme Court as the final authority on the meaning of the Constitution.
Cushing and Moore took no part in the consideration or decision of the case. ... The case resulted from a petition to the Supreme Court by William Marbury, who ... the Supreme Court to force the new Secretary of State James Madison to deliver.
Supreme Court Justices, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court -- although, the head of the courts are called:The US Supreme Court - Chief Justice of the United States (since 1866 when it was changed from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court).The various state Supreme Courts - Chief Justice of the State of (state name).But, not all states call their highest court the "Supreme Court." Some use "Court of Appeals," "Superior Court," "Supreme Judicial Court," and Texas and Oklahoma divide criminal and civil supreme courts by calling them (respectively) The Court of Criminal Appeals and The Supreme Court. Nomenclature will follow the trends in the individual states.
The head of a state supreme court is called Chief Justice, just like the head of the US Supreme Court.
(The person who has been serving the longest is considered the chief justice of the court.)
Yes, in fact several former Secretaries of State went on to become US Supreme Court justices, including Chief Justice John Marshall, who is arguably the most influential justice in the Court's history. Today, it is more common to choose candidates who have judicial experience, but there is no mandate or constitutional limitation on whom the President may nominate.
The justices of the United States Supreme Court are addressed as follows:The Chief Justice is addressed as Chief Justice Roberts.An Associate Justice is addressed as Justice Ginsburg or Justice Kennedy, or by their last name preceded by Justice.
President John Adams appointed John Marshall, his Secretary of State, Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court in January 1801, a little more than a month before Adams left office. Marshall succeeded third Chief Justice Oliver Ellsworth, who was in poor health.
Condoleezza Rice is a former U.S. Secretary of State. Clarence Thomas is an Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.