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1771 - Johnson, William born in Charleston, South Carolina on the 27th of December. He is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.
1790 - He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) with the highest honors of the class and studied law as an apprentice to the office of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
1793 - Admitted to the bar.
1794 - 1796 - He was chosen to represent Charleston in the state legislatures, the last term as Speaker of the South Carolina House.
1804 - He was made a judge, then appointed an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.
1808 - He ruled that President Jefferson, whose constitutional views he generally supported, nevertheless did not have the right to refuse clearance for 5 ships in the Charleston harbor. Jefferson and Attorney-General Cesar A. Rodney argued against the decision, claiming that such an action placed the executive branch subordinate to the judicial branch.
1830 - South Carolina faced a secession crisis, He was so concerned about maintaining judicial neutrality that he moved to western Pennsylvania.
1834 - Died on the 11th of August in Brooklyn, New York.
1790 - He graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton) with the highest honors of the class and studied law as an apprentice to the office of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney.
1793 - Admitted to the bar.
1794 - 1796 - He was chosen to represent Charleston in the state legislatures, the last term as Speaker of the South Carolina House.
1804 - He was made a judge, then appointed an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court.
1808 - He ruled that President Jefferson, whose constitutional views he generally supported, nevertheless did not have the right to refuse clearance for 5 ships in the Charleston harbor. Jefferson and Attorney-General Cesar A. Rodney argued against the decision, claiming that such an action placed the executive branch subordinate to the judicial branch.
1830 - South Carolina faced a secession crisis, He was so concerned about maintaining judicial neutrality that he moved to western Pennsylvania.
1834 - Died on the 11th of August in Brooklyn, New York.
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