But because Adams' Secretary of State, John Marshall, failed to deliver all of the appointees' commissions, and because Jefferson subsequently directed his new Secretary of State, James Madison, not to deliver the remaining notices â a number of employees were unable to assume their new positions.
Born Ray Charles Robinson in rural Georgia in 1930, Charles died at 73 in Beverly Hills on June 10, 2004, after a long battle with cancer.
A jury in Texas finds Eddie Ray Routh guilty of murdering Chris Kyle, the former U.S. Navy SEAL whose autobiography was turned into the hit movie American Sniper. (Reuters) Eddie Ray Routh, the man who killed âAmerican Sniperâ Chris Kyle and his friend in a rifle range rampage, will spend the rest of his life in prison. Routh, 27, was convicted Tuesday night of first-degree murder in the Feb. 2, 2013, killings of former Navy SEAL Kyle, 38, and Chad Littlefield, 35.