John Catron (January 7, 1786 – May 30, 1865) was an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1837 to 1865, during the Taney Court.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 41/year
Supreme Court of the United States · 1837–1865
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, Nashville, Tennessee1818–1824, 1834–1837
- Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and AppealsJudge · 1824–1834
- ↳chief justice · 1831–1834
- Private practice, Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee1815–1818
- Cumberland Mountains, TennesseeProsecutor · 1815–1818
- Soldier under Andrew Jackson1812
Appointments
1837–1865 · Appointed by Andrew Jackson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Read law1815