Luther, Martin
Date Submitted: 09/10/2006 03:54:28
Category: / Science & Technology / Zoology
Length: 3 pages (753 words)
Category: / Science & Technology / Zoology
Length: 3 pages (753 words)
Martin Luther(February 9, 1748-July 8, 1826) was a politician and one of United States' Founding Fathers, but refused to sign the Constitution because he felt it violated states' rights. Though born in Metuchen, New Jersey, in 1748, Martin moved to Maryland after receiving his degree and taught there for three years. He then began to study the law and was admitted to the Virginia bar in 1771. Martin was an early advocate of American independence from Great Britain. In …
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…William Pinkney and William Wirt, won the decision, which determined that states could not tax federal institutions.Martin's fortunes declined dramatically in his last years. Heavy drinking, illness, and poverty all took their toll. Paralysis, which had struck in 1819, forced him to retire as Maryland's attorney general in 1822. In 1826, at the age of 78, Luther Martin died in Aaron Burr's home in New York City and was buried in an unmarked grave in St. John's churchyard.
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