James Moore Wayne
Personal
Birthday:
1790
Birthplace:
Savannah, GA
Date of Death:
7/5/1867
Place of Death:
Washington, DC
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Savannah, Georgia, 1810-1812, 1819-1824
U.S. Army captain, 1812-1815
State representative, Georgia, 1815-1816
Mayor, Savannah, Georgia, 1816-1819
Judge, Court of Common Pleas and Oyer and Terminer for the City of Savannah [Georgia], 1819-1824
Judge, Superior Court of Georgia, 1824-1829
U.S. representative from Georgia, 1829-1835
Education
Name of School:
College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)
Degree Year:
1808
Name of School - Second:
Read law
Degree Year - Second:
1810 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Andrew Jackson
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
01/09/1835
Termination Date:
07/05/1867
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Sixth Circuit, February 4, 1835-October 28, 1862
Fifth Circuit, October 29, 1862-July 5, 1867