Thomas Todd lived from January 23, 1765 to February 7, 1826 and was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he briefly served in the American Revolutionary War before completing his education and moving westward, where he took part in the founding of Kentucky, practicing law and serving as a clerk and judge before becoming a Supreme Court justice. He married twice and had eight children in total. His handful of opinions on the Supreme Court mostly concerned land claims, and he was labeled the most insignificant United States Supreme Court justice by legal scholar Frank H. Easterbrook in a 1983 University of Chicago Law Review article.
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RoleAssociate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1807-1826). 1 Nationality / Jurisdiction BirthplaceKing and Queen County, Virginia 1 Place of Death Role
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What judicial posts did Thomas Todd hold in Kentucky before the Supreme Court?
He was clerk and then judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals and finally chief justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky.
The Federal Judicial Center lists his Kentucky court career as clerk of the Kentucky Court of Appeals from 1799 to 1801, judge of that court from 1801 to 1806, and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky from 1806 to 1807.
How did Thomas Todd come to sit on the Supreme Court?
Jefferson nominated him in 1807 to a newly created seat; he served until his death in 1826.
The Federal Judicial Center records that President Thomas Jefferson nominated Todd on February 28, 1807, to a new seat authorized by statute. The Senate confirmed him on March 2, 1807, and his service ended on February 7, 1826, when he died.
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Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 – February 7, 1826) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826.
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Todd was born to the former Elizabeth Richards and her husband, Richard Todd in King and Queen County, Virginia, on January 23, 1765.
Death, estate and legacy section
Todd died in Frankfort, Kentucky on February 7, 1826, at the age of 61.
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Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 - February 7, 1826) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826.
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