John Rutledge

Judge John Rutledge

Personal

Birthday:

9/18/1739

Birthplace:

Charleston, SC

Date of Death:

6/21/1800

Place of Death:

Charleston, SC

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

Private practice, Charleston, South Carolina
Member, South Carolina Commons House of Assembly, 1761-1776
Attorney general pro tem, State of South Carolina, 1764-1765
Delegate, Stamp Act Congress, 1765
Delegate, Continental Congress, 1774-1776, 1782-1783
Member, South Carolina Council of Safety, 1776
President, South Carolina House of Representatives, 1776-1778
Governor, South Carolina, 1779-1782
State representative, South Carolina, 1782, 1784-1790
Judge, Chancery Court of South Carolina, 1784-1790
Delegate, Federal Constitutional Convention, 1787
Member, South Carolina convention to ratify U.S. Constitution, 1788
Chief justice, South Carolina Court of Common Pleas, 1791-1795

Nominated to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, December 10, 1795; rejected by Senate, December 15, 1795; resigned, December 28, 1795

Education

Name of School:

Middle Temple, London, England

Name of School - Second:

Read law

Degree Year - Second:

1760

Judicial Career

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

Court Name:

Supreme Court of the United States

President Nominating:

George Washington

Commission Date:

09/26/1789

Termination Date:

03/05/1791

Termination Reason:

Resignation

Court Name - Second:

Supreme Court of the United States, Chief Justice

Court Name - Second:

Supreme Court of the United States

Termination Date - Second:

12/28/1795

Termination Reason - Second:

Recess Appointment-Not Confirmed

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Southern Circuit, Spring 1790-Fall 1790, Fall 1795