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sentatives. In 1825 he resigned his position, and was appointed judge of the eastern dis- trict of Virginia. He was in Congress again from 1827 to 1830, was president of the Virginia constitutional convention and chairman of the judiciary committee, and in 1831 was president of the Philadelphia free

trade convention. In 1836 President Jack- son appointed him an associate judge of the Supreme Court of the United States. While in Congress he opposed all appropriations for public improvements, and all import duties. He died in Washington, D. C, Feb- ruary 25. 1841.