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James Wilson  

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  • James Wilson (1742–1798) was one of the greatest legal minds in colonial America and an original nominee of President George Washington to the Court. Yet he was jailed in his later years when various investment schemes went sour. [Source: The Supreme Court A to Z; Wilson, James]

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