Thomas Alexander Marshall

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Thomas Alexander Marshall (born January 15, 1794 in Versailles , Kentucky , †  April 17, 1871 in Louisville , Kentucky) was an American politician . Between 1831 and 1835 he represented the state of Kentucky in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Thomas Marshall was the son of Humphrey Marshall (1760-1841), who was US Senator for Kentucky between 1795 and 1801 . He was also an uncle of Humphrey Marshall II (1812–1872), who also represented this state in Congress between 1849 and 1851 . After elementary school, Marshall attended Yale College until 1815 . After studying law and being admitted to the bar in 1817, he began to practice this profession in Frankfort . In 1819 he moved to Paris . In the 1820s he joined the movement against future President Andrew Jackson and became a member of the short-lived National Republican Party , which later became largely part of the Whig Party .

Between 1827 and 1828, Marshall was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives . In the congressional election of 1830 he was elected to the US House of Representatives in Washington, DC in the second constituency of Kentucky , where he succeeded Democrat Nicholas D. Coleman on March 4, 1831 . Until March 3, 1833 Marshall represented the second and then until March 3, the twelfth district of Kentucky. Since President Andrew Jackson took office in 1829, the politics of Congress have been heatedly debated inside and outside of Congress. It was about the controversial enforcement of the Indian Removal Act , the conflict with the state of South Carolina , which culminated in the nullification crisis , and the banking policy of the president.

After his tenure in the US House of Representatives, Marshall served as a judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals between 1835 and 1856. From 1836 to 1849 he also taught law at Transylvania College , Lexington . In 1859 he moved to Louisville. In 1863 Marshall was once again a member of the state parliament. Between 1866 and 1867 he served as the presiding judge on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Thomas Marshall died in Louisville on April 17, 1871.

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SURNAME Marshall, Thomas Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1794
PLACE OF BIRTH near Versailles , Kentucky
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 1871
Place of death Louisville , Kentucky