Thomas Todd
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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In office March 3, 1807 – February 7, 1826 |
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| Nominated by | Thomas Jefferson |
| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Trimble |
| Chief Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | |
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In office December 13, 1806 – March 3, 1807 |
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| Preceded by | George Muter |
| Succeeded by | Felix Grundy |
| Associate Justice of the Kentucky Court of Appeals | |
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In office December 19, 1801 – December 13, 1806 |
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| Preceded by | Seat established |
| Succeeded by | Robert Trimble |
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January 23, 1765 King and Queen County, Virginia, British America |
| Died | February 7, 1826 (aged 61) Frankfort, Kentucky, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth Harris Lucy Payne (1812–1826) |
| Alma mater | Washington and Lee University |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 – February 7, 1826) was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he studied law and later participated in the founding of Kentucky, where he served as a clerk, judge, and justice. He was married twice and had a total of eight children. Todd joined the U.S. Supreme Court in 1807 and his handful of legal opinions there mostly concerned land claims.
Todd was born in King and Queen County, Virginia, on January 23, 1765. He was the youngest of five children. Both of his parents died when he was young. He was raised Presbyterian. At the age of sixteen, Todd served in the American Revolutionary War for six months and then returned home. He attended Liberty Hall Academy in Lexington, Virginia, which is now Washington and Lee University, and graduated in 1783.
Todd then became a tutor at Liberty Hall Academy in exchange for room and board and instruction in the law. Todd studied surveying before moving to Kentucky County (then part of Virginia) in 1783 when his first cousin, Harry Innes, was appointed to the Kentucky district of the Virginia Supreme Court. Todd read law to gain admission to the Kentucky bar in 1786, but he gained positions of influence by becoming a recorder.
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