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John Marshall (1755-1835) was an American lawyer and statesman, who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States Supreme Court from 1801 until his death in 1835. Considered one of the most influential chief justices in...

The Gilbert and Marshall Islands Campaign (November 1943 to February 1944), a key strategic step forward in WWII's Pacific War, saw US forces launch multiple amphibious landings...

Marbury v. Madison (1803) was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that established the principle of judicial review. In the decision, written by Chief Justice John Marshall, the court struck down a congressional...

The Schlieffen Plan, prepared by German Chief of Staff General Alfred von Schlieffen (1833-1913) in 1905, was a secret plan of attack by German armed forces against France, should the two countries...

The Constitutional Convention was held at Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, from 25 May to 17 September 1787. Spurred on by economic troubles left over from the American Revolution and compounded by the...

John Marshall (1755-1835), the fourth chief justice of the United States. Oil on canvas portrait by Henry Inman, 1832. Library of Virginia.

Chief Justice John Marshall, around the time of the Aaron Burr treason trial, engraving by Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin, c. 1808. Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

A monument marking the birthplace of US Chief Justice John Marshall, near Germantown, Virginia. Photo by Jwalk1230, 2013.

Statue of John Marshall and George Wythe outside the William and Mary School of Law in Virginia. Photo by Rpogge, November 2007.

Chief Justice John Marshall (1755-1835), oil on canvas by Chester Harding, c. 1830. Virginia Museum of History and Culture, Richmond.