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ere of citizens in the streets of Boston on the 5th of March, 1770, he succeeded his father as Judge of the Supreme Court of Massachusetts. He was a graceful and digni fied man, of fair complexion, blue eyes and enormous nose. . A gentleman of the old school, he adhered to the style of the Revo lution — wearing a three-cornered hat, wig and small clothes with buckles in his shoes.1 Among the five' associates whom he found on the bench was Bushrod Washington, who served with him twenty-eight years. During Marshall's long service of thirty-four years on the Bench ten other associates were at different times appointed, who served with him for longer or shorter periods. Among these last was Joseph Story of Massachtjsetts, who for twenty-four years was an ajjfr sociate of Marshall. Aside from Washing ton and Story, of whom I will speak later,.' ten of his remaining associates had been members of the highest Court in their re spective States before their appointment, be sides holding many other important offices. Of the other three, one had been Secretary of the Treasury, another a United States Senator and a third a member of Congress. Many of them had been members of consti tutional conventions. They were men of great learning and of the highest character, and added strength to the; Bench. Their lives would be interesting had we time to consider them. Bushrod Washington was a Virginian. He was the favorite nephew of George Wash ington, who bequeathed to his nephew his estate of Mount Vernon and all his valuable public and private papers. Judge Washing ton served in the Revolutionary War with distinction. He was a member with Madison and Marshall of the Virginia Convention which ratified the United States Constitu tion, and contributed to that end with them. December 20, 1798, at thirty-six years of age. he was appointed by President John Adams an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. . . . 1 Honorable James M. Woohvorth.

He possessed many of the qualities of his renowned uncle. He had strong common sense and a clear judgment which he brought to bear upon all judicial questions which came before the Court. By his thorough familiarity with the principles of the Consti tution, derived from the discussion in the Virginia Convention, and from his long and familiar intercourse with George Washing ton, his mind was trained to understand and determine the important constitutional ques tions which came before the Court at that time. His judgment and learning on these questions were of great assistance to the Court. Joseph Story was born in Marblehead, Mass., September 18, 1779. He was edu cated at Harvard College. In 1801 he be gan the practice of his profession and soon attained unusual success. New Hampshire lawyers will readily believe this when they learn that within three or four years of his coming to the Bar he won two verdicts in .two separate trials of a case in Rockingham county with Jeremiah Mason as the oppos ing counsel. At an early age he was a memфег of the State Legislature and of Congress, and subsequently was Speaker of the Massa chusetts Legislature. November n, 1811, at the age of thirty-two years, he was ap pointed •,by President Madison Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States',.- He was the youngest member of 'this Bench and the youngest person who had ever been elevated to a similar'position, with the single exception of Mr. Justice Buller of the King's Bench. His remarkable learn ing, his clearness of statement and the in tegrity of his intellect, coupled with his almost limitless capacity for labor and re search, soon brought him to the highest rank as a Judge. His literary labors were most extensive. He was a prolific writer of law books. His treatises on a wide range of legal subjects, including his work on equity, are among the standard legal text books, and have long been regarded as of the highest authority.