John Rutledge

Also known as Dictator John

chief justice of the United States in 1795

Person · Open Library

Born: 1766
Died: 1819
Works: 3

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The John Rutledge papers in the Southern Historical Collection of the University of North Carolina Library
Speech of the Honorable John Rutledge
A defence against calumny, or, Haman in the shape of Christopher Ellery, Esq., hung upon his own gallows

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5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,169x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 41,509x
Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,330x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,187x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,819x

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Key facts

Nominated by: George Washington
Preceded by: John Jay
Succeeded by: Oliver Ellsworth
Vice president: Henry Laurens , James Parsons
Lieutenant: Thomas Bee , Christopher Gadsden
Monarch: George III
Born: ( 1739-09-17 ) September 17, 1739, Charleston , South Carolina , British America
Died: June 21, 1800 (1800-06-21) (aged 60), Charleston, South Carolina , U.S.
Resting place: St. Michael's Churchyard
Party: Federalist
Spouse: Elizabeth Grimké ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1763 ; died 1792 )
Relatives: Edward Rutledge (brother)
Education: Middle Temple

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Commons category: John Rutledge
date of birth: 1739-09-17
date of death: 1800-07-23
Commons gallery: John Rutledge
name in native language: John Rutledge
National Governors Association biography URL: www.nga.org/governor/john-rutledge

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John Rutledge Jr. (September 17, 1739 – June 21, 1800) was an American Founding Father, politician, and jurist who served as one of the original associate justices of the Supreme Court and the second chief justice of the United States. Additionally, he served as the first president of South Carolina and later as its first governor after the Declaration of Independence was signed.

Born in Charleston, South Carolina, Rutledge established a legal career after studying at Middle Temple in the City of London. He was the elder brother of Edward Rutledge, a signatory of the Declaration of Independence. Rutledge served as a delegate to the Stamp Act Congress, which protested taxes imposed on the Thirteen Colonies by the Parliament of Great Britain. He also served as a delegate to the Continental Congress, where he signed the Continental Association, before being elected as governor of South Carolina. He served as governor during much of the American Revolutionary War.