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September 24 - Happy Birthday, U.S. Supreme Court AND Chief Justice John Marshall!

 Posted on September 24, 2021


This is an update of my post published on September 24, 2010:





On this day in 1755, John Marshall was born in a log cabin on the frontier of Virginia. When he was born, there was no such thing as a United States of America (the colonies declared independence when he was 21 years old), nor of course a Supreme Court of the United States of America (it was created by Congress when on Marshall's 34th birthday!). 


Marshall was homeschooled until age 14, when he was sent to a boarding school about a hundred miles away. He grew up to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War, a lawyer, a politician, and the author of a famous 5-volume biography of George Washington. Finally, at age 46, Marshall was appointed the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He served until his death at age 80.


This cabin is similar to the one that Marshall was born in.



To learn more about the Supreme Court, try Ben's Guide or the Time's Supreme-Court-for-kids page (which is a bit outdated, since it features the late great Ruth Bader Ginsberg). Oyez has a page on John Marshall. 



What's with all the Johns?



I noticed that the first Chief Justice was John Jay, the second was John Rutledge, and the fourth, of course, was John Marshall. (Thank goodness, the third Chief Justice was named something other than John - Oliver Ellsworth.) John Marshall was appointed to the court by President John Adams. Our current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts!


John is currently the third most common boy's name in the U.S., after James (#1) and Robert (#2). Recent articles have pointed out that there are more men named John running large corporations than there are women CEOs. (Yikes!!!) The historical data I found states that John was THE most common boy's name in the English-speaking world until the mid-1920s. Jonathan and Jon are similar sounding names that come from a different Hebrew name. Johnny and Jack are common nicknames for John—but there are many others as well.


All these names are the equivalent (or translation) of John in other languages. Match the name to the language:


1. Juan

2. Ian

3. Johan or Johannes

4. Jonas

5. Jean

6. Hans

7. Jan

8. Sean


LANGUAGES: French, German, Irish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Scottish, Spanish



ANSWERS: 

1. Spanish

2. Scottish

3. Norwegian (or German)

4. Lithuanian

5. French

6. German

7. Polish

8. Irish



How Many of Me is a name statistic site that allows you to find people who share your first name, people who share your last name, AND people who have your first and last name! Again, it's just for the U.S. According to the website, there are more than 48 thousand people named John Smith, more than 1,000 people named James Bond, and more than 100 people named Harry Potter. There's only one of me, although my sister and brother have name-alikes (41 people with my brother's name, and 54 people with my sister's name).





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September 7 - Happy Birthday to Canadian Supreme Court Trailblazers!



Posted on September 7, 2019


I love the robes worn by Canada's Supreme
Court justices. Very jolly, aren't they?

Don't you find it surprising that two different "first female jurists" from Canada's Supreme Court were born on the same day (but on different years, of course)?

I mean, only nine women have ever been appointed to the nation's highest court, so far. And there are 365 days in the year (most years). And two of these nine women happened to be born on the same day? Wow!

 Claire L'Heureux-Dubé - born on this date in 1927 - served as a justice on the Supreme Court of Canada. She was the first woman from Quebec and the second woman from all of Canada appointed to this position.


Beverly Marian McLachlin - born on this date in 1943 - served as the Chief Justice of Canada. She was the first
woman to hold that position. Also, she was the longest serving Chief Justice in Canadian history.


The lesson here is, if you are a Canadian female born on September 7, you should consider going into the law - because you may have a better than average chance of rising to the highest level of judgeships! 
(Just joking, of course!)

Canada's Supreme Court originally had six justices (one of whom is the Chief Justice), but it was expanded to seven and then nine. By law, three of the nine justices are held by judges from Quebec. By tradition, three of the remaining judges are from Ontario, two are from the four western provinces, and one is from the Atlantic provinces. I guess that means that, by tradition, Supreme Court justices can't be from the large-but-largely-empty territories?

The Supreme Court of Canada is located in the nation's
capital, Ottawa.

By the way, the United States currently has three Supreme Court justices that are women, and it has had four female justices all together. It has never had a female Chief Justice - not yet, at least! - but as far as HUGE popularity goes, Ruth Bader Ginsburg is tops in many people's books!

So popular, there is a seriously LOT of Ruther Bader Ginsburg merch available:











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September 24, 2010



Happy Birthday, U.S. Supreme Court AND Chief Justice John Marshall

On this day in 1755, John Marshall was born in a log cabin on the frontier of Virginia. When he was born, there was no such thing as a United States of America (the colonies declared independence when he was 21 years old), nor of course a Supreme Court of the United States of America (it was created by Congress when he was 34 years old)! Marshall was homeschooled until age 14, when he was sent to a boarding school about a hundred miles away. He grew up to be a soldier in the Revolutionary War, a lawyer, a politician, and the author of a famous 5-volume biography of George Washington. Finally, at age 46, Marshall was appointed the fourth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. He served until his death at age 80.

To learn more about the Supreme Court, try Congress for Kids, Ben's Guide, or Oyez's virtual tour.  Oyez has a page on John Marshall, too. 


What's with all the Johns?

I noticed that the first Chief Justice was John Jay, the second was John Rutledge, and the fourth, of course, was John Marshall. (Thank goodness, the third Chief Justice was named Oliver Ellsworth.) John Marshall was appointed to the court by President John Adams. Our current Chief Justice is John G. Roberts!

John is currently the second most common boy's name in the U.S., after James. Wikipedia claims that one-twenty-fifth of all Americans is named John!!! The historical data I found states that John was THE most common boy's name in the English-speaking world until the mid 1920s. Jonathan and Jon are similar sounding names that come from a different Hebrew name. Johnny and Jack are common nicknames for John—but there are many others as well.

All these names are the equivalent (or translation) of John in other languages. Match the name to the language:

1. Juan
2. Ian
3. Johan or Johannes
4. Jonas
5. Jean
6. Hans
7. Jan
8. Sean

LANGUAGES: French, German, Irish, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Scottish, Spanish,



ANSWERS: 1.Spanish – 2.Scottish – 3.Norwegian (or German) – 4.Lithuanian – 5.French – 6.German – 7.Polish – 8.Irish

Find out how popular your first name is the United States here. You can also check out how common your last name is. 

How Many of Me is another name statistic site that allows you to find people who share your first name AND your last name! Again, it's just for the U.S. According to the website, there are almost 45 thousand people named John Smith, 976 people named James Bond, and 103 people named Harry Potter. There's only one of me, although my sister and brother have name-alikes (38 people with my brother's name, and 50 people with my sister's name!).


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