Carrington T. Marshall was born near
Zanesville, Ohio June 17, 1869. He attended a one-room country school, and rode seven miles a day to attend high school in Zanesville. He taught school for three years, and was a bookkeeper. In 1892, he graduated from the
Cincinnati Law School, and began a practice at Zanesville. The first office Marshall held was
Chief Justice of the Ohio Supreme Court. He was nominated by the
Republicans to run against incumbent Democrat
Hugh L. Nichols. He won election in November 1920. Marshall won re-election in 1926, but lost to
Carl V. Weygandt in 1932. After leaving the bench, Marshall established a practice in
Columbus, Ohio. He wrote a number of books. In 1947, he served as presiding judge of the
Judges' Trial ('
The United States of America vs. Josef Altstötter, et al.'''''), one of twelve trials for war crimes held before U.S. military courts in
Nuremberg in 1947. He was appointed February 13, 1947, by General
Lucius D. Clay of the Office of Military Government for Germany. Due to illness, Marshall resigned June 19, 1947, and returned to Ohio. Marshall died June 30, 1958, at home in
Bexley, Ohio. He was buried at Zanesville Memorial Park in Zanesville. Marshall married Dora Foltz in June 1900. They had one daughter. ==Publications==