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| 1. | Ann, 1816–35, fiancée of Abraham Lincoln. |
| 2. | Edward, 1749–1800, U.S. lawyer and statesman. |
| 3. | his brother, John, 1739–1800, U.S. jurist and statesman: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1789–91. |
| 4. | Wiley Blount [bluhnt] , 1894–1949, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1943–49. |
| Rut·ledge (rŭt'lĭj) American politician and jurist. Governor of South Carolina (1779-1782) and a delegate to the U.S. Constitutional Convention, he advocated slavery and a strong central government. He also served as an associate justice (1789-1791) and the chief justice (1795) of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
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