USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Just weeks before Thomas Jefferson was to begin his presidency in 1801, incumbent John Adams appointed John Marshall as the young nation’s fourth chief justice.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1800 President Adams appointed him Secretary of State, a position he would continue to hold in a limited capacity at the beginning of his tenure as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1801. John Marshall’s tenure on the Court can be divided into four phases.

Detailed explanation-3: -Marshall died in 1835, and Andrew Jackson appointed Roger Taney as his successor.

Detailed explanation-4: -John Marshall (1755–1835), the fourth chief justice of the United States, served on the Supreme Court for 34 years. He is the longest serving chief justice in Court history. He remains one of the most honored members in Court history.

Detailed explanation-5: -Marshall was elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1799, and in 1800 was appointed Secretary of State by President John Adams. The following year on January 20, 1801, President Adams nominated Marshall Chief Justice of the United States, and the Senate confirmed the appointment on January 27, 1801.