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Joseph McKenna

Joseph McKenna

Supreme Court of the United States

Born 1843 in Philadelphia, PA

Died 1926 in Washington, DC

FJC ID: 1566

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 14/year

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1892–1897Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1892–1897Supreme Court of the United States · 1898–19251892190019251950197520002026140
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 210/year

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1892–1897Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1892–1897Supreme Court of the United States · 1898–192518921900192519501975200020262100
citing decisions

U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit · 1892–1897Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1892–1897Supreme Court of the United States · 1898–1925

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.

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Joseph McKenna (August 10, 1843 – November 21, 1926) was an American politician who served in all three branches of the U.S. federal government as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, as U.S. Attorney General and as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. He is one of seventeen members of the House of Representatives who subsequently served on the Supreme Court (including two Chief Justices).

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Attorney General of the United States
    1897–1898
  2. U.S. representative from California
    1885–1892
  3. California
    California
    State assemblyman · 1875–1876
  4. Private practice, Suisun, California
    1870–1875
  5. Solano County, California
    District attorney · 1866–1870
  6. Private practice, Fairfield, California
    1865–1866

Appointments

  1. Supreme Court of the United States
    Supreme Court of the United States
    1898–1925 · Appointed by William McKinley (Republican)
    Term ended: Retirement
  2. U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
    U.S. Circuit Courts for the Ninth Circuit
    1892–1897 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation
  3. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
    1892–1897 · Appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
    Term ended: Resignation

Education

  1. Read law
    1865
  2. St. Augustine's College
    1865