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John Marshall

1755 - 1835

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John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American statesman, jurist, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longest serving justice in the history of the U.S. Supreme Court, and he is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices ever to serve. Prior to joining the court, Marshall briefly served as both the U.S. secretary of state under President John Adams, and a representative, in the U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Marshall has received more than 3,323,703 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). John Marshall is the 9th most popular judge (up from 10th in 2019), the 3,134th most popular biography from United States (up from 3,471st in 2019) and the 3rd most popular American Judge.

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  • 60.80

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  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.45

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among JUDGES

Among judges, John Marshall ranks 9 out of 53. Before him are Adly Mansour, Roland Freisler, Paolo Borsellino, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Fritz Bauer, and John Roberts. After him are Panagiotis Pikrammenos, Earl Warren, Maryanne Trump Barry, Georg Konrad Morgen, Vassiliki Thanou-Christophilou, and Clarence Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, John Marshall ranks 25. Before him are Peter I, Grand Duke of Oldenburg, Bertrand Barère, Antoine François, comte de Fourcroy, Quatremère de Quincy, Infante Antonio Pascual of Spain, and John Flaxman. After him are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Gaspard de Prony, Nicolas-Jacques Conté, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring, and Gilbert Stuart. Among people deceased in 1835, John Marshall ranks 16. Before him are John Nash, Guillaume Dupuytren, Izabela Czartoryska, August von Platen-Hallermünde, Archduke Anton Victor of Austria, and Julius Klaproth. After him are Friedrich Stromeyer, Sally Hemings, Princess Sophie of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld, Tomás de Zumalacárregui, Jan Rustem, and Franz von Paula Schrank.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, John Marshall ranks 3,134 out of 20,380. Before him are Philip Baker Hall (1931), DMX (1970), Lauren Hutton (1943), Abel Ferrara (1951), James Montgomery Flagg (1877), and Richard Wright (1908). After him are Coretta Scott King (1927), Edwin Moses (1955), Allan Kaprow (1927), John B. Kelly Sr. (1889), Marie Tharp (1920), and Victoria Woodhull (1838).

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Among JUDGES In United States

Among judges born in United States, John Marshall ranks 3. Before him are Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933), and John Roberts (1955). After him are Earl Warren (1891), Maryanne Trump Barry (1937), Clarence Thomas (1948), Thurgood Marshall (1908), Antonin Scalia (1936), Stephen Breyer (1938), Sonia Sotomayor (1954), Samuel Alito (1950), and Anthony Kennedy (1936).

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