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Born December 27, 1771 • Charleston • South Carolina
Died August 4, 1834 (aged 62) • New York City • New York
Title / Office supreme court (1804-1834), United States • Supreme Court of the United States (1804-1834), United States
Role In Gibbons v. Ogden • Nullification Crisis

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