After serving in the Virginia state legislature, Bushrod became one of the youngest Associate Justices of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] when he was nominated at the age of 36 by President [[John Adams]], in 1799. He then served as a consistent ally of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]], with whom he had gone to law school. | After serving in the Virginia state legislature, Bushrod became one of the youngest Associate Justices of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] when he was nominated at the age of 36 by President [[John Adams]], in 1799. He then served as a consistent ally of Chief Justice [[John Marshall]], with whom he had gone to law school. |