After returning to the United States, Marshall won election to the U.S. In what became known as the XYZ Affair, the government of France refused to open negotiations unless the United States agreed to pay bribes. At the request of President Adams, Marshall traveled to France in 1797 to help bring an end to attacks on American shipping. Constitution, and he played a major role in Virginia's ratification of that document. Marshall favored the ratification of the U.S. During the later stages of the war, he was admitted to the state bar and won election to the Virginia House of Delegates. After the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War, he joined the Continental Army, serving in numerous battles. Marshall was born in Germantown in the Colony of Virginia in 1755. House of Representatives from Virginia, thereby making him one of the few Americans to serve on all three branches of the United States federal government. secretary of state under President John Adams, and a representative, in the U.S. Prior to joining the court, Marshall briefly served as both the U.S. Supreme Court, and is widely regarded as one of the most influential justices ever to serve. He remains the longest-serving chief justice and fourth-longest serving justice in the history of the U.S. John Marshall (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American politician, lawyer, and Founding Father who served as the fourth chief justice of the United States from 1801 until his death in 1835. Germantown, Virginia Colony, British America
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