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GABRIEL DUVALL
was born on December 6, 1752, in Prince Georges County,
Maryland. He studied classics and law and was admitted
to the bar in 1778.l During the Revolutionary War, Duvall
served as mustermaster and commissary of stores for the
Maryland troops and alter as a private in the Maryland
militia. He served as Clerk of the Maryland State Convention
from 1775 to 1777, and after the Maryland State Government
was created in 1777, he served as clerk for the House
of Delegates. Duvall was elected to the Maryland State
Council in 1782 and to the Maryland House of Delegates
in 1787. He served until 1794, when he was elected to
the United States House of Representatives. Duvall was
re-elected but resigned on March 28, 1796, to become Chief
Justice of the General Court of Maryland. President Thomas
Jefferson appointed Duvall the first Comptroller of the
Treasury on December 15, 1802, and he served nine years
in that position. On November 15, 1811, President James
Madison nominated Duvall to the Supreme Court of the United
States. The Senate confirmed the appointment three days
later. Duvall served on the Supreme Court for twenty-three
years and resigned on January 14, 1835. He died on March
6, 1844, at the age of ninety-one. |
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