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Philip Barbour

Philip Barbour
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Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
In office
March 15, 1836 – February 25, 1841
Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Preceded by Gabriel Duvall
Succeeded by Peter Daniel
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
In office
October 8, 1830 – March 17, 1836
Appointed by Andrew Jackson
Preceded by George Hay
Succeeded by Peter Daniel
10th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
In office
December 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823
President James Monroe
Preceded by John Taylor
Succeeded by Henry Clay
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from Virginia's 11th district
In office
March 4, 1827 – October 15, 1830
Preceded by Robert Taylor
Succeeded by John Patton
In office
September 19, 1814 – March 4, 1825
Preceded by John Dawson
Succeeded by Robert Taylor
Personal details
Born (1783-05-25)May 25, 1783
Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.
Died February 25, 1841(1841-02-25) (aged 57)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party Democratic-Republican (Before 1825)
Democratic (1828–1841)
Other political
affiliations
Jacksonian
Education College of William and Mary

Philip Pendleton Barbour (May 25, 1783 – February 25, 1841) was Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He is the only individual to serve as both Speaker of the House, and as a Justice on the Supreme Court. He was also the brother of Virginia governor and U.S. Secretary of War, James Barbour, as well as the first cousin of John S. Barbour, a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 15th congressional district, and first cousin, once removed of John S. Barbour, Jr.. Appointed by President Andrew Jackson to the United States Supreme Court in 1835, Philip Barbour served on the court until his death in 1841. Justice Barbour was a staunch pro-slavery, Jacksonian Democrat, whose tenure on the Court expedited a commitment to state sovereignty and strict constructionism.

Barbour was born near Gordonsville, Orange County, Virginia, as the son of planter, Thomas Barbour, who was a legislator, neighbor and early political sponsor of James Madison. He was named for his ancestor Philip Pendleton, through whom he was related to politician and judge, Edmund Pendleton. The family was one of the First Families of Virginia, descended from a Scottish merchant who marries a Miss Taliaferro and made his home in nearby Culpeper County, Virginia.

Like his brother James Barbour, Philip attended common and private schools before beginning formal legal studies under Virginia jurist, St. George Tucker in Williamsburg, Virginia. Financial circumstances caused him to leave Philip in 1799.


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