Thomas Alexander Marshall

Background

Marshall, Thomas Alexander was born on January 15, 1794 in Versailles, Kentucky, United States. Son of Humphrey and Mary Marshall.

Education

He graduated from Yale College in 1815, and then studied law.

Career

Born near Versailles, Kentucky, Marshall pursued preparatory studies. He was admitted to the bar and commenced practice in Frankfort in 1817. He moved to Paris, Kentucky, in 1819.

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 from 1836 to 1849. He moved to Louisville in 1859.

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.

Achievements

• Thomas Alexander Marshall has been listed as a noteworthy congressman by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Kentucky House of Representatives, 1827-1828, 63-65. Member United States House of Reps from Kentucky, 22d-23d congresses, 1831-1835, active in tariff debates, advocating higher rates, 1832.

Connections

Married Eliza Price, November 26, 1816.

Father:

Humphrey Marshall

Mother:

Mary Marshall

Spouse:

Eliza Price