Thomas Todd

Biography of Thomas Todd

Biographic Details

• Family Name (Surname): Todd
• First Name: Thomas
• Date of Birth: January , 23 , 1765
• Place of Birth (POB): King and Queen County , Virginia (US-VA, VA, 51, Va., Virg.)
• Date of Death: February , 7 , 1826
• Place of Death (POD): Frankfort , Kentucky (US-KY, KY, 21, Ky., Ken., Kent.)
• Gender Identity: Male
• Race or Ethnicity: White

Thomas Todd Court Service Information

• Court Name: Supreme Court of the United States
• Court Type: United States Supreme Court (USSC)
• Appointment under the Presidency of: Thomas Jefferson ( Jeffersonian Republican )
• Judge Nomination vote date (as recorded in the Senate Executive Journal): 02/28/1807
• New Seat
• Authorization legislation: 2 Stat. 420
• Senate voice vote?: Yes
• Senate vote Date (Confirmation Date): 03/02/1807
• Commission Date: 03/03/1807
• Date of Termination: 02/07/1826
• Termination of function of Judge (specific reason): Death

Thomas Todd in the Law School

• Name of School: Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University)
• Law Degree Year: 1783

Second Law School Attendance

• Law Degree (Name of School): Read law
• Law Degree Year: 1786

Thomas Todd Career Path

Employment:

• Continental Army, 1779, 1781
• Clerk, conventions seeking statehood for Kentucky, 1784-1792
• Private practice, Danville, Kentucky, 1788-1801
• Clerk, U.S. District Court, District of Kentucky, 1789-1792
• Clerk, Kentucky constitutional conventions, 1792, 1799
• Clerk, Lexington [Kentucky] Democratic Society, 1793-1794
• Clerk, Kentucky House of Representatives, 1792-1801
• Clerk, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1799-1801
• Judge, Kentucky Court of Appeals, 1801-1806
• Chief justice, Supreme Court of Kentucky, 1806-1807
  

  Bankruptcy and Magistrate service

  Allotment as Circuit Justice:

• Seventh Circuit, March 3, 1807-February 7, 1826

Resources

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