John Baxter
Personal
Birthday:
3/5/1819
Birthplace:
Rutherford County, NC
Date of Death:
4/2/1886
Place of Death:
Hot Springs, AR
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Merchant, South Carolina, 1835-1839
Private practice, Rutherford, North Carolina, 1841-1849
Member, North Carolina House of Commons, 1842-1843, 1846-1848, 1852-1857
Private practice, Henderson, North Carolina, 1849-1857
Newspaper publisher, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1862
Private practice, Knoxville, Tennessee, 1857-1877
Nominated to U.S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit, October 25, 1877; no Senate vote
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1841 Judicial Career
Court Name:
U. S. Circuit Courts for the Sixth Circuit
President Nominating:
Rutherford B. Hayes
Party Affiliation of President:
Republican
Commission Date:
12/13/1877
Termination Date:
04/02/1886
Termination Reason:
Death