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Duval, Gabriel

lawyer, jurist, congressman, was born Dec. 6, 1752, in Prince George county, Md. He served as a clerk to the first legislature of Maryland, before the declaration of independence; and was a representative in congress from Maryland from 1794 to 1796. He was a presidential elector in 1796 and 1800; comptroller of the United States treasury in 1802; and in 1811 was appointed a judge of the supreme court of the United States, which office he held for twenty-five years.

He died March 6, 1844, in Prince George county, Md.

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