John Tyler

1747–1813 · York County, VA

Judicial Service

CourtTitleAppointed ByCommissionedTermination
U.S. District Court for the District of VirginiaJudgeJames Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)Jan 7, 1811Death, Jan 6, 1813

Education

  • Read law
  • College of William and Mary

Professional Career

Planter and private practice, Charles City County, Virginia; Continental Army, 1775; State delegate, Virginia, 1777-1788; speaker, 1781-1784; Judge, Virginia High Court of Admiralty, 1776-1788; Member, Virginia Council of State, 1780-1781; Vice-president, convention to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1788; Judge, General Court of Virginia, 1788-; Governor, Virginia, 1808-1811

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