Marbury, William, 1762-1835

William Marbury was born on November 7, 1762, in Piscataway, Maryland to William Marbury and Martha Marlowe. He married Anne Odel Brewer on February 6, 1791, and together they had six children. William Marbury was a successful businessman in Georgetown and a staunch member of the Federalist Party. He is known for one of the most famous and groundbreaking legal cases that set the precedent of Judicial Review of the Constitutionality of actions for the Executive and Legislative branches of the government for the U.S. Supreme Court: Marbury v Madison.