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Marbury's Travail: Federalist Politics And William Marbury's Appointment As Justice Of The Peace, David F. Forte
Marbury's Travail: Federalist Politics And William Marbury's Appointment As Justice Of The Peace, David F. Forte
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This Article describes how Marbury, the youngest son of an impoverished remnant of a well-known family, elbowed his way to wealth and influence among the Maryland gentry. Further, this Article illuminates Marbury's choice between the two wings of the Federalist party in Maryland - the Hamiltonian elite and the Adams' loyalists - and how Marbury's partisan service brought him to a position earning Thomas Jefferson's disdain and rebuff. In the end, Marbury's appointment and rejection derived from the very different characters of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.