Today in Johnson City History, Saturday, July 18, 2026

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Friday, July 18, 1800: On this day, two hundred and twenty-six years ago today, John Rutledge, died. He was an “American statesman, associate justice on the Supreme Court, was born at Charleston, South Carolina, in September of 1739. Nominated as the second chief justice of the United States to succeed John Jay and served as the acting chief justice unt…