John Bayard McPherson (November 5, 1846 – January 20, 1919) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
John Bayard McPherson
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1846 in Harrisburg, PA
Died 1919 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 1597
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 28/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1899–1912Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1912–1919
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania1870–present
Instructor · 1890–present- Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1882–1899
- Dauphin County, PennsylvaniaDistrict attorney · 1874–1877
Appointments
1912–1919 · Appointed by William H. Taft (Republican)Term ended: Death
1899–1912 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Read law1870
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.M. · 1869
- College of New Jersey (now Princeton University)A.B. · 1866