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John Rutledge was a male American lawyer, judge, politician, and governor. Born in Charleston in 1739, he died in the same city in 1800. He was educated at Middle Temple and was a member of the Federalist Party. His siblings included Edward Rutledge.
Rutledge held several significant positions, serving as Governor of South Carolina, Chief Justice of the United States, and Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is described by sources such as Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition, and the New International Encyclopedia.
Synthesized by Vinony from 29 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1766
- Died
- 1819
- Works
- 3
Top works
- 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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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 5
- Total plays
- 90
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 29,113x
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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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- John
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Charleston
- Place of death
- Charleston
- Sibling
- Edward Rutledge
- Occupation
- politician
- Educated at
- Middle Temple
- Political party
- Federalist Party
- Image
- John Rutledge color painting.jpg
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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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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “John Rutledge” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.