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About John Rutledge
John Rutledge Jr. 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. Additionally, he served as the first president of South Carolina and later as its first governor after the Declaration of Independence was signed.
Everything about John Rutledge →- Occupation
- judge, lawyer, politician, governor
- Position held
- Governor of South Carolina, Chief Justice of the United States, Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, Delegate to the United States Constitutional Convention
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- September 17, 1739
- Died
- July 23, 1800