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John Blair Jr. (April 17, 1732 – August 31, 1800) was an American Founding Father, who signed the United States Constitution as a delegate from Virginia and was appointed an Associate Justice on the first U.S. Supreme Court by George Washington.
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John Blair, Jr. was born in Williamsburg, Virginia in 1732. He grew up in one of Virginia’s most prominent families as the son of John Blair, Sr., Virginia’s acting governor and a member of the House of Burgesses. John Blair, Jr. attended College of William and Mary, a college his great uncle established. After graduating with honors in ...
John Blair, Jr. (October 1731–August 31, 1800) was born in Williamsburg, Virginia to a distinguished family. His father was at one point the acting Royal Governor and a Virginia Councillor, while Blair himself was the Williamsburg Mayor in 1751.
John Blair Jr. He was a highly regarded jurist from Virginia who served on the court until 1795 when he resigned. Blair came from a distinguished family and he attended the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia.
Blair died on August 31, 1800, at the age of sixty-eight. Historical profiles documenting the personal background, plus nomination and confirmation dates of previous associate justices of the U.S. Supreme Court: John Blair, Jr.
John Blair was an associate justice of the United States Supreme Court (1790–96). A member of one of Virginia’s most prominent landed families and a close friend of George Washington, Blair studied law at the Middle Temple in London and in 1766 was elected to represent William and Mary College in
Justice John Blair joined the U.S. Supreme Court on February 2, 1790 as one of its inaugural six Justices. Blair was born on April 17, 1732 in Williamsburg, Virginia. He graduated from William and Mary College there in 1754 and then studied law in London.
