John Catron
Personal
Birthday:
1786
Birthplace:
PA
Date of Death:
5/30/1865
Place of Death:
Nashville, TN
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Soldier under Andrew Jackson, 1812
Private practice, Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee, 1815-1818
Prosecutor, Cumberland Mountains, Tennessee, 1815-1818
Private practice, Nashville, Tennessee, 1818-1824, 1834-1837
Judge, Tennessee Supreme Court of Errors and Appeals, 1824-1834; chief justice, 1831-1834
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1815 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:
03/08/1837
Termination Date:
05/30/1865
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Eighth Circuit, March 10, 1837-October 28, 1862
Sixth Circuit, October 29, 1862-May 30, 1865