Philip Barbour
| Philip Barbour | |
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office March 15, 1836 – February 25, 1841 |
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| 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 | |
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In office October 8, 1830 – March 17, 1836 |
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| Appointed by | Andrew Jackson |
| Preceded by | George Hay |
| Succeeded by | Peter Daniel |
| 10th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | |
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In office December 4, 1821 – March 4, 1823 |
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| President | James Monroe |
| Preceded by | John Taylor |
| Succeeded by | Henry Clay |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Virginia's 11th district |
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In office March 4, 1827 – October 15, 1830 |
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| Preceded by | Robert Taylor |
| Succeeded by | John Patton |
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In office September 19, 1814 – March 4, 1825 |
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| Preceded by | John Dawson |
| Succeeded by | Robert Taylor |
| Personal details | |
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May 25, 1783 Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | February 25, 1841 (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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