John Blair Junior

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John Blair Jr. (* 1732 in Williamsburg , Colony of Virginia ; † August 31, 1800 ibid) was an American lawyer and politician and from 1789 to 1795 a judge at the Supreme Court of the United States .

He was born into a prominent family in Virginia. His father temporarily held the office of governor. his great-uncle had founded the College of William and Mary , which Blair himself attended until 1754, when he went to England for a year to study at Middle Temple . After the French and Indian War , he was elected to the House of Burgesses, the lower house of the Virginia Parliament , in 1766 . From 1771 to 1775 he was parliamentary assistant in the Royal Governor's Council .

When the Revolution began, he helped draft the Virginia Constitution. In 1777 he was elected by Parliament as judge at the newly formed Virginia General Court and in 1779 took over its presidency.

In 1787 he was a member of the Philadelphia Convention and two years later, on September 24, 1789, George Washington nominated him as a Supreme Court Justice . Two days later, the Senate confirmed his nomination. In 1795 Blair resigned for health reasons.

John Blair Jr. was a member of the Freemasonry Association and served as Grand Master of the Virginia Grand Lodge from 1778 to 1784 .

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  2. ↑ http://law.jrank.org/pages/4785/Blair-John-Jr.html
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  5. ^ Wisdom Lodge List of Famous Freemasons . Wisdom Lodge # 202 Pasadena, CA. Archived from the original on January 28, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 20, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.wisdomlodge202.org

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SURNAME Blair, John Jr.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blair, John Jr .; Blair, John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician and lawyer
DATE OF BIRTH 1732
PLACE OF BIRTH Williamsburg , Virginia
DATE OF DEATH August 31, 1800
Place of death Williamsburg , Virginia