John McKinley
Personal
Birthday:
5/1/1780
Birthplace:
Culpeper County, VA
Date of Death:
7/19/1852
Place of Death:
Louisville, KY
Race or Ethnicity:
White
Gender:
Male Prior Employment:
Private practice, Frankfort and Louisville, Kentucky, 1800-1819
Private practice, Huntsville, Alabama, 1819-1836
State representative, Alabama, 1820-1822, 1831, 1836
U.S. senator from Alabama, 1826-1831
U.S. representative from Alabama, 1833-1835
U.S. senator-elect from Alabama (appointed to the bench before he could take his seat), 1836
Education
Name of School:
Read law
Degree Year:
1800 Judicial Career
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
Court Name:
Supreme Court of the United States
President Nominating:
Martin Van Buren
Party Affiliation of President:
Democratic
Commission Date:
09/25/1837
Termination Date:
07/19/1852
Termination Reason:
Death Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:
Allotment as Circuit Justice:
Ninth Circuit, June 28, 1837-January 24, 1843
Fifth Circuit, January 25, 1843-July 19, 1852