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Associate Justice, Seat 5

Gabriel Duvall

Born December 6, 1752, Prince George`s County, MD
Died March 6, 1844

Served: November 23, 1811 – January 14, 1835 (23 years, 1 month)
Appointed by: James Madison (Jeffersonian Republican)
Left the seat: Resigned
Seat: Associate Seat 5
Predecessor: Samuel Chase
Successor: Philip Pendleton Barbour

Appointment record

November 15, 1811 Nominated
November 18, 1811 Confirmed (voice vote)
November 18, 1811 Commissioned
November 23, 1811 Judicial oath The Court's list takes this date from the minutes of another court.
January 14, 1835 Resigned

Sources differ. The Supreme Court's list gives January 14, 1835; the Federal Judicial Center gives January 12, 1835. This site follows the Court.