Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-12-17 | Page 37 | Men Who Helped to Make America

r r Men Mem Who Wh Helped eff to Make America ff A A. Virginia ir inia ni u gc ge bohn tJohn John Blair who sat t In the conven- conven on n which framed filmed nune the Constitution ot of e United States w ww ono one of or the not- not d 3 Virginians of ot his time Ire JIe was born In Williamsburg In 3 and educated In his native o state from William and Mary ollege He then went to England and andi i tidied law at the Temple in Lon London on Upon i his return to his native natho coly col- col y he began to tl practice law and was as wason jion on n one the leading men In n his pro- pro ht Ion on Tho Tim year ear 1765 found him a amber amber of the Virginia House of or Burt Bur Bur- t His Interest In the cause causo of the col- col found expression In 1769 when hen th other leading Virginians he signed at Is known as ns the non-Importation non after aCter the adoption b by tho the parliament of ot oppressive tax r Pi wr r is r J 1 w JOHN From Hubert Collection Collation measures for the American colonists In the early days das of oC the Revolution he was again a valuable lawmaker when In Juno June 1776 he was one ono of a committee to draw up a a. plan o of government gov- gov for Virginia He was chosen counsel and the next year became a Judge of ot the Virginia court of appeals appeals appeals ap- ap peals t lator later the chief justice and In 1780 Judge of the high court of ot chan than cory cery Still later he Sat eat In the convention which framed the Constitution of the tho United States and with George Washington Wash Wash- ington and James Madison voted for tor Its adoption President Washington made him a Justice of ot the tho United Slates supreme court In September 1789 He died In his native natho Williamsburg August SI 31 1800 1500