Thomas Franeis Marshall, an American politician, nephew of Chief Justice Marshall, born in Frankfort, Ky., June 7, 1801, died near Versailles, Ky., Sept. 22, 1804. In 1831 he removed to Louisville, where he soon gained an extensive legal practice, was a member of the legislature successively from Jefferson and Woodford counties, and for several years w;is judge of the Louisville circuit court. From 1841 to 1843 he was a member of congress. In January, 1842, when John Quincy Adams, under protest and in deference only to the right of petition, presented a memorial of certain citizens of Haverhill, Mass., asking cong dissolve the Union, Marshall moved a vote of censure, and Mr. Adams's reply subjected him to much ridicule. Though he had entered congress as a whig, he opposed Mr. Clay's United States bank hill, and subsequently favored the annexation of Texas and the election of Polk to the presidency. As a public speaker he was remarkable for his ready repartee and satire, and at different times was involved in four duels, one of them with James Watson Webb, then editor of the New York " Courier and Enquirer." During the latter years of his life he lectured successfully on history and other subjects through the northern and eastern states, and at intervals on temperance, though during the greater part of his life his own habits were intemperate.

A collection of his writings and speeches has been edited by W. L. Barn- (8vo, Cincinnati, 1858).