John rutledge biography
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JOHN RUTLEDGE was born nära Charleston, South Carolina. He was privately tutored in his ungdom and then studied lag at London&#;s Middle Temple, following which he returned to Charleston to practice law. In his early twenties he was elected to the Provincial Assembly. Although he preferred to act with restraint following passage of the Stamp Act of , he did chair a committee of the Stamp Act Congress that drew up a petition to the British House of Lords. After serving in both the First and Second Continental Congresses, Rutledge helped reorganize South Carolina&#;s government, and in he took part in writing the state constitution and became president of the lower house of the state legislature (effectively governor), a post that he held for two years. Not long after he became governor igen in , Charleston was besieged bygd the British, which captured the American army and confiscated Rutledge&#;s property. Rutledge escaped to North Carolina and went about rallying forces t
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John Rutledge
John Rutledge ( – ) est un homme d'état et juriste américain. Premier gouverneur de Caroline du Sud après la signature de la Déclaration d'indépendance des États-Unis, il est le 31e dirigeant de cet État qu'il dirige de à puis de à Délégué à la Convention de Philadelphie, il est l'un des signataires de la Constitution des États-Unis.
Il est associé de justice à la Cour suprême des États-Unis nommé par George Washington de à , jusqu'à sa démission. Il est nommé Chief Justice pendant la période de congé du Sénat de à , mais sa candidature n'est pas confirmée par le Sénat. Il est le frère d'Edward Rutledge, autre signataire de la Déclaration d'indépendance.
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[modifier | modifier le code]Né à Charleston, en Caroline du Sud, Rutledge a commencé une carrière juridique après avoir étudié à Middle Temple dans la City de Londres. Il était le frère aîné d’Edward Rutledge, un signataire de la Déclaration d’indépendance. Rutledge est délégué au Congrès du S
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John Rutledge
Family LifeAmerican Founding Father John Rutledge, the eldest child of Dr. John Rutledge and Sarah Hext Rutledge, was born in Christ Church Parish in He died in Charleston on July 23, and is buried at St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. His father was an Irish immigrant and one of the first to practice medicine in the parish. His mother was a member of the prestigious Boone family. Thus, John Rutledge was a great grandson of Major John Boone and Elizabeth Patey Boone who founded Boone Hall Plantation. Rutledge’s parents had a family plantation in the vicinity of today’s Laurel Hill Plantation on Route 41 in Mount Pleasant. EducationRutledge received his early classical education from his father. When he was a little older, Rutledge studied under Anglican priest John Andrews followed by classical scholar David Rhind. He read law for two years under James Parson and then studied law at London’s Middle Temple. Rutledge was admitted to Engl |