Thomas Todd (1765–1826)
Todd and Bushrod Washington were colleagues on the U.S. Supreme Court for almost nineteen years.
Thomas Todd was born on 23 January 1765 in King and Queen County, Virginia. Following service in the Revolutionary War, he attended Liberty Hall Academy (now Washington and Lee University), graduating in 1783. He then settled in Danville, Kentucky, practiced law, and served as a clerk for the U.S. District Court, the state House of Representatives, and the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Todd sat on the Kentucky Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court of Kentucky before his 1807 appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Woodford L. Gardner Jr., "Kentucky Justices on the U.S. Supreme Court," The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society, Volume 70, Number 2 (April 1972), 121–42.
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Thomas Todd at Federal Judicial Center.
Thomas Todd at Find a Grave.
Justice Thomas Todd at FamilySearch.