He only served a year before he was appointed Secretary of State by President John Adams. In 1799, Marshall was elected to the U.S. John strongly supported replacing the Articles of the Confederation with the new Constitution and led the fight to get the new Constitution ratified.
He then attended the Virginia state convention that ratified the Constitution. In 1782, John was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates. He passed the bar and became a lawyer in 1780 opening his own law practice in Fauquier County, Virginia.
He also served under Washington during the difficult winter at Valley Forge.Īfter the Revolutionary War, John attended the College of William and Mary where he studied law. John soon joined the Continental Army where he fought in several battles including the Battle of Brandywine and the Battle of Germantown. John's father was friends with George Washington and John became inspired by Washington's leadership. He joined the Culpeper Minute Men as a Lieutenant. The Revolutionary War between the American colonies and the British broke out in 1775 when John was 20 years old. He did attend an academy for one year and was tutored by the local priest as a teenager. His father, Thomas Marshall, had become wealthy by the time John was a teenager and the family moved to a larger estate.īecause there were no schools near where the Marshalls lived, John received most of his education from his father. He grew up in a small log cabin and was the oldest child from a large family that included 14 brothers and sisters.
John Marshall was born in Germantown, Virginia on September 24, 1755.
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