Thomas Alexander Marshall (January 15, 1794 – April 17, 1871) was a
U.S. Representative from
Kentucky, son of
Humphrey Marshall (1760–1841).
Born near
Versailles, Kentucky, Marshall pursued preparatory studies.
He graduated from
Yale College in 1815, and then studied law.
He was
admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Frankfort in 1817.
He moved to
Paris, Kentucky, in 1819.
He served as a member of the
Kentucky House of Representatives
The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form ...
in 1827 and 1828.
Marshall was elected as an Anti-Jacksonian to the
Twenty-second and
Twenty-third Congresses (March 4, 1831 – March 3, 1835).
He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1834 to the
Twenty-fourth Congress.
He served as judge of the State court of appeals 1835–1856.
He was professor in the law department of
Transylvania College,
Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, Fayette County. By population, it is the List of cities in Kentucky, second-largest city in Kentucky and List of United States cities by popul ...
from 1836 to 1849.
He moved to Louisville in 1859.
He served again as a member of the state house of representatives in 1863.
He was chief justice of the court of appeals in 1866 and 1867.
He died in
Louisville, Kentucky, April 17, 1871, and his remains were interred at
Lexington Cemetery.
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1794 births
1871 deaths
19th-century American legislators
Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives
Transylvania University faculty
National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky
19th-century Kentucky politicians
Yale University alumni
People from Woodford County, Kentucky
People from Paris, Kentucky
Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky
Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky