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Biography
Thomas A. Marshall was a lawyer and served as a Judge of the Kentucky
Court of Appeals for many years. He was also represented the Bourbon
District in Congress for two terms. He is listed in The Kentucky Encyclopedia.
His biography from the [UL:Biographical Directory of the
American Congress:UL] follows:
MARSHALL, Thomas Alexander (son of Humphrey Marshall), a
Representative from Kentucky; born near Versailles, Woodford County,
Ky., January 15, 1794; pursued preparatory studies; was graduated from
Yale College in 1815; studied law; was admitted to the bar and
commenced practice in Frankfort in 1817; moved to Paris, Ky., in 1819;
member of the State house of representatives in 1827 and 1828; elected
as a Whig to the Twenty-second and Twenty-third Congresses (March 4,
1831-March 3, 1835); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to
the Twenty-fourth Congress; judge of the State court of appeals
1835-1856; professor in the law department of Transylvania College,
Lexington, Ky., 1836-1849; moved to Louisville in 1859; member of the
State house of representatives in 1863; chief justice of the court of
appeals in 1866 and 1867; died in Louisville, Ky., April 17, 1871;
interment in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Ky. (end).
His biography from The Kentucky Encyclopedia follows:
MARSHALL, THOMAS ALEXANDER. Thomas Alexander Marshall, congressman and
jurist, was born near Versailles in Woodford County, Kentucky. on
January 15. 1794, to Humphrey and Mary Marshall. Marshall received his
BA. from Yale in 1815, was admitted to the bar, and began practice in
Frankfort in 1816. He moved to Paris in Bourbon County in 1819.
Marshall served two terms in the state House of Representatives, in
1827 and 1828, and was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from March 4, 1831, to March 3, 1835. He was an advocate of the Whig
party and supported high protective tariff rates and the Bank of the
United States. Marshall was appointed to the Kentucky court of appeals
by Gov. James T. Morehead (1834-36) in March 1835 and when the
position became elective in 1850, he won election to a further
six-year term. He served as chief justice from 1847 to 1851 and from
1854 to 1856. Marshall was also a professor in the Transylvania
University law department from 1836 to 1849. He served in the Kentucky
House from 1863 to 1865. He was appointed to the court of appeals by
Gov. Thomas Bramlette (1863-67) on February 12. 1866, to fill a vacant
term, but because of pro-Union sympathies was defeated for
election in August 1866. Marshall married Eliza Price on November 26,
1816. He died in Louisville on April 17, 1871 and was buried in the
Lexington Cemetery.
Sources
Kleber, John E., editor-in-chief; and Thomas D. Clark, Lowell H. Harrison, James C. Klotter, associate editors. The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Lexington, Ky.: University Press of Kentucky, 1992.
Obituary of Thomas Alexander Marshall, Yale College, Class of 1815. "Obituary Record of Graduates of Yale College, Deceased during the academical year ending in July 1871," presented at the meeting of the alumni, July 12, 1871. Digital image at http://mssa.library.yale.edu/obituary_record/1859_1924/1870-71.pdf
Acknowledgments
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