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Thomas Alexander Marshall (January 15, 1794 – April 17, 1871) was a
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from
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, son of
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(1760–1841). Born near
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, Marshall pursued preparatory studies. He graduated from
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in 1815, and then studied law. He was
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and commenced practice in Frankfort in 1817. He moved to
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, in 1819. He served as a member of the
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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
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,
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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
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, April 17, 1871, and his remains were interred at
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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Thomas Alexander 1794 births 1871 deaths 19th-century American politicians Members of the Kentucky House of Representatives Transylvania University faculty National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky Yale University alumni People from Woodford County, Kentucky People from Paris, Kentucky Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky Politicians from Louisville, Kentucky