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John Rutledge (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.
John Rutledge (Charleston, 17 de setembro de 1739 – Charleston, 18 de julho de 1800) foi Chefe de Justiça dos Estados Unidos de 12 de agosto a 15 de dezembro de 1795 e um dos signatários da Constituição Americana.
5 de abr. de 2024 · John Rutledge was an American legislator who, as a delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1787, strongly supported the protection of slavery and the concept of a strong central government, a position then possible, but paradoxical in later times when slavery’s defenders sheltered behind the.
John Rutledge (Charleston, 17 de setembro de 1739 – Charleston, 18 de julho de 1800) foi Chefe de Justiça dos Estados Unidos de 12 de agosto a 15 de dezembro de 1795 e um dos signatários da Constituição Americana.
11 de ago. de 2023 · John Rutledge was a successful lawyer from Charleston, South Carolina. He is important because he participated in key events that shaped the American Revolution, including the Stamp Act Congress, First Continental Congress, Second Continental Congress, and Constitutional Convention.
Rutledge was one of the drafters of the state constitution of 1776 and was elected president (governor) of South Carolina in March 1776. Under his leadership, the new state repulsed a British attack on Charleston in June 1776 and suppressed a Cherokee uprising later that summer.
The new government under the Constitution soon lured Rutledge. He was a Presidential elector in 1789 and Washington then appointed him as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, but for some reason he apparently served only a short time.
