James Wilson

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James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.

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Generate an image of James Wilson (James Wilson was a Scottish-American Founding Father, influential legal theorist, and early U.S. Supreme Court Justice who played a key role in drafting and promoting the United States Constitution.)

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instanceOf Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Founding Father of the United States ⓘ
legal theorist ⓘ
person ⓘ
appointedBy George Washington ⓘ
birthDate 1742-09-14 ⓘ
birthPlace Ceres, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Christ Church, Philadelphia ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
deathDate 1798-08-21 ⓘ
educatedAt College of Philadelphia ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
University of Glasgow ⓘ
University of St Andrews ⓘ
endTime 1798-08-21 ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Scottish ⓘ
familyName Wilson ⓘ
fieldOfWork constitutional law ⓘ
political philosophy ⓘ
givenName James ⓘ
ideology Federalism ⓘ
knownFor advocacy for popular sovereignty ⓘ
early theories of judicial review ⓘ
influential lectures on law and government ⓘ
major role in drafting the United States Constitution ⓘ
memberOf Constitutional Convention of 1787 ⓘ
Continental Congress ⓘ
notableEvent delivered the 1787 "State House Yard" speech in favor of the Constitution ⓘ
notableWork Lectures on Law ⓘ
occupation jurist ⓘ
lawyer ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
politician ⓘ
participatedIn Pennsylvania Ratifying Convention ⓘ
positionHeld Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
Delegate to the Continental Congress ⓘ
Member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly ⓘ
Professor of Law at the College of Philadelphia ⓘ
religion Presbyterianism ⓘ
residence Carlisle, Pennsylvania ⓘ
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

York, Pennsylvania ⓘ
signatoryTo United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Declaration of Independence ⓘ
startTime 1789-10-05 ⓘ
supported strong national government ⓘ
workLocation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ⓘ
linked to: Philadelphia

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Chisholm v. Georgia (Supreme Court decision) → majorityBy → James Wilson ⓘ
James Wilson → name → James Wilson ⓘ
Philadelphia Convention → keyDelegate → James Wilson ⓘ
Committee of Detail → member → James Wilson ⓘ
Lectures on Law → author → James Wilson ⓘ
Elizabeth Preston → spouse → James Wilson ⓘ
Lectures on the Constitution of the United States → hasCanonicalAuthorRole → U.S. Supreme Court Justice James Wilson ⓘ
linked to: James Wilson
Lectures on the Legislative Department → partOfWorkBy → Founding Father James Wilson ⓘ
linked to: James Wilson