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Thomas Todd

United States federal judge

Died when: 61 years 15 days (732 months)
Star Sign: Aquarius

 

Thomas Todd

Thomas Todd (January 23, 1765 – February 7, 1826) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1807 to 1826.Raised in the Colony of Virginia, he studied law and later participated in the founding of Kentucky, where he served as a clerk, judge, and justice.

He was married twice and had a total of eight children.Todd joined the U.S.Supreme Court in 1807 and his handful of legal opinions there mostly concerned land claims.

He was labeled the most insignificant U.S.Supreme Court justice by Frank H.Easterbrook in The Most Insignificant Justice: Further Evidence, 50 U.

Chi.L.Rev. 481 (1983).


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