What is John Marshall?
{{Infobox US Cabinet official | name= John Marshall | image=CJMarshall.jpg | order=4th | title=[[Chief Justice of the United States]] | term_start=February 4, 1801 | term_end=July 6, 1835 | nominator=[[John Adams]] | predecessor=[[Oliver Ellsworth]] | successor=[[Roger B. Taney]] | order2=4th | title2=[[United States Secretary of State]] | term_start2=June 13, 1800 | term_end2=February 4, 1801 | president2=[[John Adams]] | predecessor2=[[Timothy Pickering]] | successor2=[[James Madison]] | title3=[[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] from [[Virginia]] | term_start3=March 4, 1799 | term_end3=June 7, 1800 | predecessor3= | successor3= | birth_date={{birth date|1755|9|24|mf=y}} | birth_place=[[Germantown, Virginia|Germantown]], [[Virginia]] | death_date={{death date and age|1835|7|6|1755|9|24|mf=y}} | death_place=[[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]], [[United States|U.S.A.]] | party=[[Federalist Party (United States)|Federalist]] | spouse=Mary Willis Ambler | profession=[[Lawyer]], [[Judge]] |branch=[[Culpeper Minutemen|Culpeper, Virginia Militia]] |rank=[[Captain (land)|Captain]] |battles=[[American Revolutionary War]] }} '''John Marshall''' (September 24, 1755 – July 6, 1835) was an American [[statesman]] and [[jurist]] who shaped [[United States|American]] [[constitutional law]] and made the [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] more powerful. Marshall was the fourth [[Chief Justice of the United States]], working from February 4, 1801, until his death in 1835. He worked in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from March 4, 1799, to June 7, 1800, and, under President [[John Adams]], was [[United States Secretary of State|Secretary of State]] from June 6, 1800, to March 4, 1801. Marshall was from the Commonwealth of [[Virginia]] and a leader of the [[United States Federalist Party|Federalist Party]]. The longest working Chief Justice in [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] history, Marshall ruled the Court for thirty years and was an important part of making